Distress & casualty cases (archived) in 2017

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 2017
2,188
still in force
0
vs 2016
+8%
first · last
01-01 · 12-31

By month

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By NAVAREA series

  • HYDROPAC1,397
  • HYDROLANT735
  • NAVAREA IV30
  • HYDROARC20
  • NAVAREA XII6

Where · top seas

South China Sea41626%
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin27517%
North Pacific Ocean25816%
North Atlantic Ocean20313%
Philippine Sea916%
South Atlantic Ocean875%
South Pacific Ocean835%
Caribbean Sea684%
Indian Ocean564%
Coral Sea564%

All distress & casualty cases (archived) issued in 2017 · 2,188

  1. HYDROLANT 3375/172017-10-20 → 2017-11-03
    Man overboard from M/V vallentina in vicinity of trackline joining: a. 41-26.8N 011-11.3E at 191800Z oct
    Ligurian Sea · Tyrrhenian Sea · Italy
  2. HYDROPAC 3580/172017-10-20 → 2017-10-20
    Cancel HYDROPAC 3579/17 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Philippine Sea
  3. HYDROPAC 3579/172017-10-20 → 2017-10-20
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 11-29N 130-44E at 200756Z oct
    Philippine Sea
  4. HYDROPAC 3578/172017-10-20 → 2017-11-03
    Man overboard from F/V bt 93367TS in 09-26N 106-59E at 150700Z oct
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  5. HYDROLANT 3371/172017-10-20 → 2017-10-20
    Man overboard from vessel in vicinity of trackline between 41-49.6N 010-33.4E and 43-19.8N 009-25.5E at…
    Tyrrhenian Sea · Ligurian Sea · Italy
  6. HYDROPAC 3572/172017-10-19 → 2017-11-03
    F/V bd 95116 ts, four persons on board, taking on water in 15-48N 113-37E at 190600Z oct
    South China Sea
  7. HYDROLANT 3353/172017-10-19 → 2017-11-03
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 17-44.5N 070-18.7W
    Caribbean Sea · Dominican Republic
  8. HYDROLANT 3342/172017-10-18 → 2017-10-18
    Virginia to portugal
    North Atlantic
  9. HYDROLANT 3338/172017-10-18 → 2017-11-03
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 17-23.1N 072-25.9W
    Caribbean Sea · Haiti
  10. HYDROLANT 3336/172017-10-18 → 2017-11-03
    Vessel, 110 persons on board, disabled and adrift in 33-12N 012-58E at 180715Z oct
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  11. HYDROPAC 3566/172017-10-18 → 2017-10-18
    Cancel HYDROPAC 3546/17 and this msg, persons rescued
    Western South Pacific · Kiribati
  12. HYDROLANT 3332/172017-10-18 → 2017-11-03
    Vessel, 117 persons on board, requesting assistance between khoms (32-38-59N 014-15-52E) and 34-00-00N…
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  13. HYDROPAC 3557/172017-10-17 → 2017-10-17
    Cancel HYDROPAC 3530/17 and this msg, search suspended
    Western North Pacific · Micronesia
  14. HYDROLANT 3327/172017-10-17 → 2017-10-18
    Distress signal received from M/V ngol cunene in 08-43.7S 013-17.6E
    Eastern South Atlantic · Angola
  15. HYDROPAC 3552/172017-10-17 → 2017-10-21
    F/V dianne sank in 24-17S 152-08E at 160834Z oct
    Coral Sea · Australia-northeast Coast
  16. HYDROPAC 3549/172017-10-17 → 2017-10-18
    F/V, two persons on board, unreported
    Philippine Sea · Celebes Sea · Indonesia
  17. HYDROPAC 3547/172017-10-17 → 2017-10-17
    Cancel HYDROPAC 3531/17 and this msg, vessel located safe
    South China Sea
  18. HYDROPAC 3546/172017-10-17 → 2017-10-18
    17 foot vessel, yellow hull, three persons on board, unreported tarawa (01-25N 173-02E) to maiana (00-56N…
    Western South Pacific · Kiribati
  19. HYDROPAC 3545/172017-10-16 → 2017-10-17
    F/V dianne sank in 24-17S 152-08E at 160834Z oct
    Coral Sea · Australia-northeast Coast
  20. HYDROPAC 3544/172017-10-16 → 2017-11-03
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 16-59N 137-05E at 162030Z oct
    Philippine Sea
  21. HYDROLANT 3316/172017-10-16 → 2017-10-18
    Virginia to portugal
    North Atlantic
  22. HYDROPAC 3537/172017-10-16 → 2017-11-03
    Distress signal received from vessel hakata in 01-31.2N 104-28.3E at 160525Z oct
    South China Sea · Malaysia
  23. HYDROPAC 3536/172017-10-16 → 2017-10-16
    Cancel HYDROPAC 3524/17 and this msg, vessel located safe
    South China Sea · China
  24. HYDROPAC 3534/172017-10-16 → 2017-10-17
    F/V bd 98063 ts reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 13-05N 116-26E at 141800Z oct
    South China Sea
  25. HYDROPAC 3533/172017-10-15 → 2017-10-15
    Cancel HYDROPAC 3513/17 and this msg, persons rescued
    South China Sea
  26. HYDROPAC 3531/172017-10-15 → 2017-10-17
    F/V bd 97303 ts, two persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in 14-23N 115-52E at…
    South China Sea
  27. HYDROPAC 3530/172017-10-15 → 2017-10-17
    Two persons in water between chuuk atoll (07-26.8N 151-44.5E) and east fayu atoll (08-32.2N 151-20.3E)
    Western North Pacific · Micronesia
  28. HYDROLANT 3290/172017-10-15 → 2017-10-16
    Vessel, four persons on board, disabled and adrift in vicinity 27-04.40S 048-35.08W on 15 oct
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-south Coast
  29. HYDROPAC 3528/172017-10-15 → 2017-10-16
    Man overboard from F/V CM6789 ts in 09-19N 104-50E at 140300Z oct
    Gulf of Thailand · Vietnam
  30. HYDROPAC 3524/172017-10-15 → 2017-10-16
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V highway star in 21-15N 113-00E
    South China Sea · China
  31. HYDROLANT 3283/172017-10-14 → 2017-11-03
    Vessel, 100 persons on board, requesting assistance in 33-05N 012-52E at 140623Z oct
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  32. NAVAREA XII 457/172017-10-14 → 2017-10-15
    24 foot vessel, white hull, four persons on board, overdue chuuk (07-25N 151-47E) to murilo (08-41N 152-20E)
    Western North Pacific · Micronesia
  33. HYDROLANT 3277/172017-10-14 → 2017-11-03
    Aircraft N3214X overdue north eleuthera (25-28N 076-41W) to rum cay (23-41N 074-52W)
    Western North Atlantic · Bahamas
  34. HYDROPAC 3517/172017-10-14 → 2017-10-18
    M/V, white and orange hull, eight persons on board, overdue manam (04-07.7S 145-01.0E) to bogia station…
    Bismark Sea · Papua New Guinea
  35. HYDROPAC 3513/172017-10-14 → 2017-10-15
    F/V bd 95417 ts, 12 persons on board, aground in 10-53N 114-55E at 132100Z oct
    South China Sea
  36. HYDROLANT 3275/172017-10-13 → 2017-10-27
    Vessel, 130 persons on board, requesting assistance in vicinity 33-00N 012-00E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  37. HYDROPAC 3509/172017-10-13 → 2017-10-27
    Man overboard from F/V bv 0602 ts in 09-55N 108-20E at 131012Z oct
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  38. NAVAREA IV 959/172017-10-13 → 2017-10-17
    Man overboard in vicinity 65-54.9N 037-00.5W on 11 oct
    North Atlantic · Greenland
  39. HYDROPAC 3503/172017-10-13 → 2017-10-27
    M/V emerald star, 26 persons on board, sinking and crew abandoning ship in 19-01N 124-46E at 122054Z oct
    Philippine Sea
  40. HYDROPAC 3501/172017-10-13 → 2017-10-14
    F/V hp 9072 ts, four persons on board, sinking in 20-17N 107-24E at 130410Z oct
    Gulf of Tonkin · Vietnam
  41. HYDROPAC 3500/172017-10-13 → 2017-10-13
    M/V emerald star, 26 persons on board, sinking and crew abandoning ship in 19-01N 124-46E at 122054Z oct
    Philippine Sea
  42. HYDROPAC 3497/172017-10-12 → 2017-10-13
    M/V emerald star, 26 persons on board, sinking and crew abandoning ship in 19-01N 124-46E at 122054Z oct
    Philippine Sea
  43. HYDROPAC 3494/172017-10-12 → 2017-10-12
    Distress signal received from vessel emerald star on 406 mhz at 121830Z oct in: a. 19-02-56N 124-52-26E
    Western North Pacific · Philippine Sea
  44. HYDROPAC 3492/172017-10-12 → 2017-10-12
    F/V kin ei maru no 35, 23 persons on board, aground in 11-16S 152-04E at 121500Z oct
    Coral Sea · Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea
  45. HYDROPAC 3483/172017-10-12 → 2017-10-12
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 29-24S 172-23E
    Western South Pacific
  46. HYDROPAC 3482/172017-10-12 → 2017-10-27
    Vessel, five persons on board, overdue in vicinity 07-00N 151-00E
    Western North Pacific · Micronesia
  47. HYDROPAC 3478/172017-10-12 → 2017-10-12
    Cancel HYDROPAC 3477/17 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Philippine Sea · South China Sea · China
  48. HYDROPAC 3477/172017-10-12 → 2017-10-12
    Distress signals received on 406 mhz at 112326Z oct in: a. 22-09-21N 116-17-24E
    Philippine Sea · South China Sea · China
  49. HYDROPAC 3474/172017-10-11 → 2017-10-11
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 25-15N 122-00W
    Eastern North Pacific
  50. HYDROPAC 3466/172017-10-11 → 2017-10-11
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 12-00N 154-15E at 111043Z oct
    Western North Pacific

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