Distress & casualty cases (archived) in 2016

Search-and-rescue broadcasts, published only once a case has been closed for 30 days: groundings, sinkings, capsizes, fires, man overboard, overdue vessels. Nothing here is live.

issued in 2016
2,029
still in force
0
vs 2015
+5%
first · last
01-01 · 12-31

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By NAVAREA series

  • HYDROPAC1,226
  • HYDROLANT774
  • HYDROARC15
  • NAVAREA IV11
  • NAVAREA XII3

Where · top seas

North Pacific Ocean30921%
South China Sea28619%
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin23316%
North Atlantic Ocean21915%
South Atlantic Ocean1057%
South Pacific Ocean825%
Caribbean Sea725%
Philippine Sea664%
Indian Ocean624%
Coral Sea584%

All distress & casualty cases (archived) issued in 2016 · 2,029

  1. HYDROPAC 858/162016-03-24 → 2016-03-24
    Cancel HYDROPAC 792/16 and this msg, search suspended
    Western South Pacific · Papua New Guinea
  2. HYDROARC 23/162016-03-24 → 2016-03-24
    M/V, white hull, two persons on board, unreported vicinity upernavik (72-47-13N 056-08-50W)
    Baffin Bay · Greenland-west Coast
  3. HYDROLANT 707/162016-03-23 → 2016-04-03
    42 foot S/V island time, five persons on board, disabled and adrift in 14-25N 062-16W at 231450Z mar
    Eastern Caribbean Sea · Martinique
  4. HYDROPAC 845/162016-03-23 → 2016-03-28
    Man overboard from F/V henna vicinity 13-35.8N 073-50.1E at 210100Z mar
    Arabian Sea · India-west Coast
  5. HYDROLANT 702/162016-03-23 → 2016-03-28
    Possible ten persons in water from disabled vessel vicinity 19-31.58N 069-13.20W at 230223Z mar
    Western North Atlantic · Dominican Republic
  6. HYDROPAC 840/162016-03-23 → 2016-03-23
    Cancel HYDROPAC 767/16 and this msg, search suspended
    Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea
  7. HYDROLANT 699/162016-03-22 → 2016-03-25
    Man overboard from vessel in 00-44S 046-51W on 22 mar
    Brazil-north Coast
  8. HYDROPAC 835/162016-03-22 → 2016-04-17
    Man overboard from F/V TH90336 ts vicinity 19-28N 106-19E on 21 mar
    Gulf of Tonkin · Vietnam
  9. HYDROPAC 834/162016-03-22 → 2016-03-28
    Distress signals received on 406 mhz at 220955Z mar in: a. 11-06-57N 096-44-49E
    Western North Pacific · Philippine Sea · Andaman Sea
  10. HYDROPAC 832/162016-03-22 → 2016-03-28
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 06-02.6N 104-09.0E at 221007Z mar
    South China Sea · Malaysia
  11. HYDROPAC 827/162016-03-22 → 2016-03-22
    Cancel HYDROPAC 817/16 and this msg, vessel located safe
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  12. HYDROPAC 823/162016-03-21 → 2016-03-21
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 16-22N 143-59E at 211803Z mar
    Western North Pacific · Philippine Sea
  13. HYDROPAC 821/162016-03-21 → 2016-03-28
    Aircraft, one person on board, missing within 50 miles of 28-36.15S 153-44.76E at 210550Z mar
    Coral Sea · Australia-east Coast
  14. HYDROLANT 688/162016-03-21 → 2016-03-22
    Vessel, numerous persons on board, requesting assistance in 33-08N 012-35E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  15. HYDROPAC 817/162016-03-21 → 2016-03-22
    F/V qng 94592-TS, ten persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 16-05N 109-22E at…
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  16. HYDROPAC 813/162016-03-20 → 2016-03-28
    16 meter F/V sainte marie, blue and white hull, five persons on board, disabled and adrift due to lost…
    Western Indian Ocean
  17. HYDROLANT 679/162016-03-20 → 2016-03-20
    Vessel, numerous persons on board, requesting assistance in 33-08N 012-35E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  18. HYDROPAC 808/162016-03-19 → 2016-03-20
    F/V kelsey, one person on board, separated and adrift in 02-28.2N 121-33.8E
    Celebes Sea · Indonesia
  19. HYDROPAC 807/162016-03-19 → 2016-03-28
    Man overboard from F/V qng 92799-TS vicinity 16-48N 109-01E at 172200Z mar
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  20. HYDROPAC 805/162016-03-19 → 2016-03-19
    Cancel HYDROPAC 658/16 and this msg, vessel located safe
    South China Sea
  21. HYDROLANT 672/162016-03-19 → 2016-03-28
    Two vessels, 400 persons on board each, requesting assistance in 33-08N 012-31E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  22. HYDROLANT 671/162016-03-18 → 2016-05-01
    Ten meter long S/V victoria, white hull, three persons on board, overdue from cape verde (15-06N 023-37W)
    Eastern North Atlantic · Cape Verde
  23. HYDROLANT 666/162016-03-18 → 2016-03-20
    Two vessels, numerous persons on board, requesting assistance in: a. 32-56N 012-33E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  24. HYDROLANT 664/162016-03-18 → 2016-03-20
    Vessel, 100 persons on board, requesting assistance in 33-13N 013-39E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  25. HYDROPAC 792/162016-03-18 → 2016-03-24
    Seven meter vessel, ten persons on board, overdue buka island (05-22.3S 154-41.7E) to carteret's island…
    Western South Pacific · Papua New Guinea
  26. HYDROPAC 791/162016-03-18 → 2016-03-18
    Cancel HYDROPAC 780/16 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Eastern North Pacific
  27. HYDROPAC 790/162016-03-18 → 2016-03-18
    Cancel HYDROPAC 781/16 and this msg, persons rescued
    Western North Pacific · Micronesia
  28. HYDROPAC 789/162016-03-18 → 2016-03-18
    Cancel HYDROPAC 703/16 and this msg, search suspended
    Western North Pacific · Micronesia
  29. HYDROPAC 788/162016-03-18 → 2016-03-18
    Cancel HYDROPAC 783/16 and this msg, persons rescued
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  30. HYDROLANT 663/162016-03-18 → 2016-03-20
    Vessel, 130 persons on board, requesting assistance in 32-57N 012-31E at 180445Z mar
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  31. HYDROLANT 661/162016-03-18 → 2016-03-28
    Possible distress from 14 meter S/V in 17-01.3N 063-42.3W
    Eastern Caribbean Sea
  32. HYDROPAC 783/162016-03-18 → 2016-03-18
    F/V qng 94997-TS, ten persons on board, sinking in 15-55N 108-56E at 172045Z mar
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  33. HYDROPAC 782/162016-03-18 → 2016-03-18
    Cancel HYDROPAC 758/16 and this msg, search suspended
    South China Sea · Java Sea · Indonesia
  34. HYDROPAC 781/162016-03-18 → 2016-03-18
    24 foot vessel, two persons on board, overdue pohnpei (06-58N 158-12E) and return
    Western North Pacific · Caroline Islands · Micronesia
  35. NAVAREA XII 82/162016-03-17 → 2016-03-20
    Derelict vessel capsized and adrift in 11-01N 091-49W
    Eastern North Pacific
  36. NAVAREA XII 81/162016-03-17 → 2016-03-17
    Derelict vessel capsized and adrift in 11-01N 091-49W
    Eastern North Pacific
  37. HYDROPAC 775/162016-03-17 → 2016-03-18
    Possible distress in 10-44N 092-01W
    Eastern North Pacific
  38. HYDROLANT 658/162016-03-17 → 2016-05-01
    18 foot M/V manoga, blue hull, three persons on board, overdue
    Eastern Caribbean Sea · Guadeloupe To Dominica
  39. HYDROPAC 774/162016-03-17 → 2016-03-20
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 03-06.2N 105-44.9E at 171427Z mar
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  40. HYDROLANT 656/162016-03-17 → 2016-03-20
    Vessel, 120 persons on board, requesting assistance in 32-57N 013-51E at 170944Z mar
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  41. HYDROPAC 772/162016-03-17 → 2016-03-18
    Distress signal received in 06-07.20S 154-01.65E at 170530Z mar
    Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea
  42. HYDROPAC 769/162016-03-17 → 2016-03-17
    Cancel HYDROPAC 762/16 and this msg, vessel located safe
    South China Sea
  43. HYDROPAC 767/162016-03-17 → 2016-03-23
    Canoe, one person on board, overdue
    Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea
  44. HYDROLANT 651/162016-03-17 → 2016-03-20
    Vessel, 100 persons on board, requesting assistance in 33-00N 013-39E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  45. HYDROLANT 650/162016-03-17 → 2016-03-20
    F/V morning star reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 27-05N 092-19W at 162234Z mar
    Gulf of Mexico
  46. HYDROLANT 648/162016-03-16 → 2016-03-16
    Cancel HYDROLANT 632/16 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Eastern Caribbean Sea · Martinique · Saint Lucia
  47. HYDROPAC 764/162016-03-16 → 2016-03-26
    Man overboard from F/V vicinity 07-32N 077-46E on 14 mar
    Northern Indian Ocean · India-south Coast
  48. HYDROPAC 762/162016-03-16 → 2016-03-17
    F/V qng 94780 ts, nine persons on board, aground in 11-07N 114-46E at 161650Z mar
    South China Sea
  49. HYDROPAC 758/162016-03-16 → 2016-03-18
    F/V collided with M/V in 02-20.00S 108-36.65E at 131730Z mar
    South China Sea · Java Sea · Indonesia
  50. HYDROPAC 751/162016-03-16 → 2016-03-16
    Cancel HYDROPAC 738/16 and this msg, search suspended
    Western North Pacific

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