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. HYDROLANT 419/162016-02-19 → 2016-02-21
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V setubal 1 in 16-35N 037-58W at 190336Z feb
    North Atlantic
  2. HYDROPAC 466/162016-02-18 → 2016-02-18
    Cancel HYDROPAC 458/16 and this msg, search suspended
    Western North Pacific · Philippine Sea
  3. HYDROPAC 465/162016-02-18 → 2016-04-10
    24 foot M/V madre yemay, white hull with blue stripe, eight persons on board, overdue rio congo…
    Eastern North Pacific · Gulf of Panama · Panama
  4. HYDROPAC 464/162016-02-18 → 2016-02-19
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from F/V HNY712 vicinity 08-45S 168-53W
    South Pacific
  5. HYDROPAC 458/162016-02-18 → 2016-02-18
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 11-11N 136-08E at 180942Z feb
    Western North Pacific · Philippine Sea
  6. HYDROPAC 454/162016-02-18 → 2016-02-18
    Cancel HYDROPAC 422/16 and this msg, search suspended
    Bismarck Sea · Papua New Guinea
  7. HYDROPAC 452/162016-02-18 → 2016-02-19
    F/V NT91027 ts, 14 persons on board, disabled and anchored due to engine failure in 10-29.53N 108-10.51E at…
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  8. HYDROPAC 450/162016-02-17 → 2016-02-21
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 21-02-34N 154-02-31E at 172047Z feb
    Western North Pacific
  9. HYDROPAC 444/162016-02-17 → 2016-02-17
    F/V bd 93510 ts, seven persons on board, flooding and anchored in 08-26N 106-12E at 171130Z feb
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  10. HYDROPAC 437/162016-02-17 → 2016-02-18
    F/V NT91027 ts, 14 persons on board, disabled and adrift in 10-11.6N 108-15.8E at 170100Z feb
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  11. HYDROPAC 434/162016-02-16 → 2016-03-20
    15 foot F/V, yellow hull, three persons on board, overdue tarawa atoll (01-20N 173-01E) to maiana atoll…
    North Pacific · Kiribati
  12. HYDROPAC 432/162016-02-16 → 2016-02-21
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 13-21.6N 107-05.4W
    Eastern North Pacific
  13. HYDROPAC 431/162016-02-16 → 2016-02-19
    Scuba diver missing from 7.5 meter M/V sousa vicinity 18-02.22S 146-25.87E at 160330Z feb
    Coral Sea · Australia-northeast Coast
  14. HYDROLANT 393/162016-02-16 → 2016-02-21
    Vessel, 100 persons on board, requesting assistance in 33-08N 013-36E at 160530Z feb
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  15. HYDROLANT 392/162016-02-15 → 2016-04-01
    Man overboard from vessel in 30-00.08S 049-17.73W on 15 feb
    Brazil-south Coast
  16. HYDROPAC 427/162016-02-15 → 2016-03-06
    F/V QB92671 ts sank in 17-59N 110-12E at 150200Z feb
    South China Sea · China · Hainan-south Coast
  17. HYDROPAC 422/162016-02-15 → 2016-02-18
    Seven meter vessel, orange hull, five persons on board, overdue awar point (04-08S 144-52E) to watam (03-50S…
    Bismarck Sea · Papua New Guinea
  18. HYDROLANT 380/162016-02-15 → 2016-02-21
    Man overboard from vessel toby wallace in 18-28.89N 038-59.19W at 150022Z feb
    North Atlantic
  19. HYDROPAC 417/162016-02-14 → 2016-02-14
    Distress signals received on 406 mhz from F/V fu yuan yu 995 at 141123Z feb in: a. 09-46.0N 130-07.8W
    Eastern North Pacific
  20. HYDROLANT 375/162016-02-13 → 2016-04-03
    F/V ivanildo sank vicinity of trackline between 00-35S 047-19W and 00-53S 046-12W on 08 feb
    Brazil-north Coast
  21. HYDROPAC 412/162016-02-13 → 2016-02-14
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 39-38.0N 135-59.5W.VESSELS in vicinity requested to keep a sharp…
    Eastern North Pacific
  22. HYDROPAC 411/162016-02-13 → 2016-02-21
    Man overboard from F/V in 13-25N 074-09E at 112300Z feb
    Arabian Sea · India-west Coast
  23. HYDROPAC 410/162016-02-13 → 2016-02-14
    F/V qng 94499-TS, nine persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine damage in 16-40N 109-10E at…
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  24. HYDROLANT 371/162016-02-13 → 2016-02-14
    24 foot vessel fire ant, white hull, four persons on board, requesting assistance in 19-09.54N 030-57.23W at…
    North Atlantic
  25. HYDROPAC 407/162016-02-13 → 2016-02-13
    Distress signal received from M/V eastern star in 09-50.6N 111-21.5E at 130219Z feb
    South China Sea
  26. HYDROPAC 406/162016-02-13 → 2016-02-13
    Cancel HYDROPAC 350/16 and this msg, search suspended
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  27. HYDROPAC 404/162016-02-12 → 2016-02-21
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 14-29.5N 153-13.9E
    Western North Pacific
  28. HYDROLANT 368/162016-02-12 → 2016-02-21
    Man overboard vicinity 02-37S 039-44W on 11 feb
    Brazil-north Coast
  29. HYDROPAC 403/162016-02-12 → 2016-02-20
    Man overboard from M/V con dao 10 in 09-22.08N 106-52.85E at 121530Z feb
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  30. HYDROLANT 364/162016-02-12 → 2016-02-21
    Vessel, 90 persons on board, requesting assistance in 33-08N 015-11E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  31. HYDROPAC 399/162016-02-12 → 2016-03-28
    11 meter vessel galileo, white hull, overdue vilankulo (22-00S 35-19E) to durban (29-52S 031-01E)
    Southwestern Indian Ocean · Mozambique Channel · Mozambique To South Africa
  32. HYDROLANT 358/162016-02-11 → 2016-02-21
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 50 foot S/V lady catherine, blue hull, in 25-48.4N 087-56.7W at…
    Gulf of Mexico
  33. HYDROPAC 384/162016-02-11 → 2016-02-11
    Cancel HYDROPAC 380/16 and this msg, search suspended
    Eastern North Pacific
  34. HYDROPAC 380/162016-02-11 → 2016-02-11
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 22-36.0N 120-15.2W
    Eastern North Pacific
  35. HYDROPAC 375/162016-02-11 → 2016-02-14
    Distress signals received on 406 mhz at 110021Z feb in: a. 29-54-43N 122-25-30E
    North Pacific · East China Sea
  36. HYDROLANT 340/162016-02-08 → 2016-02-10
    Vessel kitty rouge, two persons on board, reports crewman with stroke in 22-52.7N 024-09.3W
    Eastern North Atlantic
  37. HYDROPAC 361/162016-02-08 → 2016-02-21
    Distress signal received from F/V st
    Arabian Sea · India-west Coast
  38. HYDROLANT 334/162016-02-08 → 2016-02-09
    Vessel sinking in 35-43.78N 000-40.38W
    Western Mediterranean Sea · Algeria
  39. HYDROPAC 355/162016-02-08 → 2016-02-08
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 00-54N 145-33E at 080137Z feb
    Western North Pacific
  40. HYDROLANT 330/162016-02-07 → 2016-03-20
    Nine meter S/V holiday IV, one person on board, overdue from nice (43-42N 007-15E)
    France · Western Mediterranean Sea
  41. HYDROPAC 351/162016-02-07 → 2016-02-07
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel surya wira 21 in 01-18.8N 104-19.2E at 070333Z feb
    Singapore Strait
  42. HYDROPAC 350/162016-02-07 → 2016-02-13
    M/V bahari seluan sunk in 04-02.44N 107-54.18E at 052300Z feb
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  43. HYDROLANT 327/162016-02-06 → 2016-02-06
    Cancel HYDROLANT 326/16 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Eastern Caribbean Sea · Saint Lucia
  44. HYDROPAC 347/162016-02-06 → 2016-02-14
    Distress signal received in 05-37N 107-48E at 061910Z feb
    South China Sea
  45. HYDROPAC 346/162016-02-06 → 2016-02-06
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 00-07.8N 147-28.9E at 061802Z feb
    Western North Pacific
  46. HYDROLANT 326/162016-02-06 → 2016-02-06
    F/V blessing, red hull, three persons on board, overdue from dennery (13-56N 060-53W)
    Eastern Caribbean Sea · Saint Lucia
  47. HYDROLANT 325/162016-02-06 → 2016-02-09
    Vessel marinheiro da viga sank in 00-13.67S 048-11.14W on 30 jan
    Brazil-north Coast
  48. HYDROPAC 344/162016-02-06 → 2016-02-09
    F/V kh 97643, six persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 10-58N 113-30E
    South China Sea
  49. HYDROPAC 343/162016-02-06 → 2016-02-07
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V shekinah, six persons on board, in 17-36.4N 145-49.4E at…
    Western North Pacific · Mariana Islands
  50. HYDROPAC 339/162016-02-06 → 2016-02-07
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 55 foot M/V melissa k, white hull with blue trim, in 10-04.8N…
    North Pacific

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