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

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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. HYDROPAC 2921/172017-08-28 → 2017-09-03
    F/V yura 3, blue hull, 15 persons on board, unreported
    Ceram Sea · Indonesia
  2. HYDROPAC 2917/172017-08-27 → 2017-08-27
    Distress signal received from 18 foot vessel man-man, lime green hull, one person on board, in 25-10.733N…
    Eastern North Pacific
  3. HYDROPAC 2915/172017-08-27 → 2017-08-27
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 20-00.07S 167-44.20W
    South Pacific
  4. HYDROPAC 2914/172017-08-27 → 2017-09-15
    Distress signal received from M/V pacific logger in 53-19.58N 154-37.87W
    Eastern North Pacific
  5. HYDROPAC 2912/172017-08-27 → 2017-09-15
    F/V bd 96669 ts, three persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 12-17N 109-17E at…
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  6. HYDROPAC 2910/172017-08-27 → 2017-08-27
    Cancel HYDROPAC 2909/17 and this msg, search suspended
    North Pacific
  7. HYDROPAC 2909/172017-08-27 → 2017-08-27
    Distress signal received on 406 in 43-10N 160-10W
    North Pacific
  8. HYDROLANT 2618/172017-08-27 → 2017-09-15
    Vessel, 130 persons on board, requesting assistance in 33-04N 014-07E at 270429Z aug
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea
  9. HYDROLANT 2617/172017-08-27 → 2017-09-15
    Vessel, 120 persons on board, requesting assistance in 33-58.8N 014-50.0E at 270436Z aug
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea
  10. HYDROPAC 2908/172017-08-27 → 2017-08-27
    M/V bakusayang 03 sank in 02-08.08N 125-08.84E on 21 aug
    Celebes Sea · Indonesia
  11. HYDROLANT 2616/172017-08-27 → 2017-08-27
    Vessel, 130 persons on board, requesting assistance in vicinity 34-00N 014-00E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea
  12. HYDROPAC 2898/172017-08-26 → 2017-08-26
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel zhefengyu 13028 in 26-03-32N 152-55-26E at 260634Z aug
    Western North Pacific
  13. HYDROPAC 2890/172017-08-25 → 2018-06-28
    Vessel sinking in 13-39N 091-02W
    Eastern North Pacific · Guatemala
  14. HYDROPAC 2889/172017-08-25 → 2017-08-26
    Vessel partially submerged in 17-00.20S 140-19.18E at 252044Z aug, one person missing
    Gulf of Carpentaria · Australia-north Coast
  15. HYDROPAC 2887/172017-08-25 → 2017-09-08
    Man overboard from M/V hung manh 68 in vicinity 15-42N 108-42E at 251455Z aug
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  16. HYDROPAC 2882/172017-08-25 → 2017-09-08
    Man overboard from F/V bt 93328 ts in vicinity 08-55N 102-55E on 23 aug
    Gulf of Thailand
  17. HYDROPAC 2878/172017-08-25 → 2017-08-27
    M/V na 97788, 19 persons on board, disabled and adrift in 18-22.3N 107-22.0E at 241400Z aug
    Gulf of Tonkin
  18. HYDROLANT 2588/172017-08-25 → 2017-08-28
    Derelict 45 meter S/V ataiagara, white hull, no persons on board, adrift in 41-15.5N 039-29.2W
    North Atlantic
  19. HYDROLANT 2584/172017-08-24 → 2017-09-08
    S/V ana, green and white hull, three persons on board, overdue bocas del toro (09-20.5N 082-14.5W) to…
    Western Caribbean Sea · Panama-east Coast
  20. HYDROPAC 2867/172017-08-24 → 2017-08-24
    Distress signal received from vessel feng zhi bao in 14-53N 112-31E at 240505Z aug
    South China Sea
  21. HYDROPAC 2866/172017-08-24 → 2017-08-24
    Distress signal received in 14-53N 112-31E at 240505Z aug
    South China Sea
  22. HYDROLANT 2569/172017-08-24 → 2017-09-08
    Florida to texas
    Gulf of Mexico
  23. HYDROPAC 2864/172017-08-23 → 2017-08-23
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V foreign affair in 38-24.2N 145-46.1W
    Eastern North Pacific
  24. HYDROPAC 2863/172017-08-23 → 2017-08-25
    Vietnam DNC 23
    South China Sea
  25. HYDROLANT 2558/172017-08-23 → 2017-08-28
    Search and rescue operations in 26-50.6N 017-43.2W
    Eastern North Atlantic Canary Islands
  26. HYDROLANT 2557/172017-08-23 → 2017-09-08
    Two persons missing between nuuk (64-10.30N 51-44-20W) and kapisillit (64-26.10N 50-16.10W)
    Davis Strait · Greenland-west Coast
  27. HYDROPAC 2854/172017-08-23 → 2017-09-08
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 09-29.2N 113-43.4E at 230334Z aug
    South China Sea
  28. HYDROPAC 2853/172017-08-23 → 2017-08-31
    Man overboard from F/V bt 97210 ts in 07-05N 104-30E at 171900Z aug
    South China Sea
  29. HYDROPAC 2852/172017-08-23 → 2017-09-08
    Man overboard from F/V cm 93852 ts in 08-52N 104-05E at 192000Z aug
    Gulf of Thailand · Vietnam
  30. HYDROPAC 2851/172017-08-23 → 2017-09-08
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel harmony source in 18-07.7N 112-32.3E at 230046Z aug
    South China Sea
  31. HYDROPAC 2850/172017-08-23 → 2017-08-23
    Cancel HYDROPAC 2766/17 and this msg, search suspended
    Eastern Indian · Indonesia
  32. HYDROPAC 2849/172017-08-22 → 2017-09-08
    Three meter vessel, one person on board, overdue from tauranga marina (37-37.2S 176-09.8E)
    Western South Pacific · New Zealand
  33. HYDROLANT 2555/172017-08-22 → 2017-09-08
    36 foot vessel, white hull, one person on board, capsized and adrift in vicinity 31-00N 77-00W
    Western North Atlantic
  34. HYDROPAC 2847/172017-08-22 → 2017-08-26
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V jih lien tsai in 03-37.7N 134-54.2E at 221026Z aug
    Western North Pacific
  35. HYDROLANT 2553/172017-08-22 → 2017-09-08
    36 foot vessel, white hull with green and blue stripe, overdue
    Western North Atlantic · Strait of Florida · Florida
  36. HYDROPAC 2836/172017-08-21 → 2017-08-21
    Seven meter vessel, nine persons on board, disabled and adrift in 09-05.48S 150-23.98E
    Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea
  37. HYDROPAC 2833/172017-08-21 → 2017-09-08
    Man overboard from M/V bth 96967 in vicinity 10-26N 107-43E
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  38. HYDROPAC 2829/172017-08-21 → 2018-03-09
    F/V bv 95599 ts, eight persons on board, disabled and adrift in 07-22N 106-18E on 19 aug
    South China Sea
  39. HYDROPAC 2823/172017-08-20 → 2017-08-26
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 11-20N 131-07E
    Western North Pacific · Philippine Sea
  40. HYDROPAC 2822/172017-08-20 → 2017-09-08
    Ten meter M/V andourver star, blue and white hull, 23 person on board, disabled and adrift in 05-25S 148-15E…
    Bismarck Sea · Papua New Guinea
  41. HYDROPAC 2821/172017-08-20 → 2017-08-23
    F/V bd 98122 ts, 15 persons on board, disabled and adrift in 13-03N 114-30E at 192200Z aug
    South China Sea
  42. HYDROPAC 2819/172017-08-19 → 2017-09-08
    Man overboard from M/V ryofu maru in vicinity 29-25N 163-31E at 191000Z aug
    North Pacific
  43. HYDROPAC 2813/172017-08-19 → 2017-09-08
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V tai yuan in 30-42-00N 146-05-16E at 190036Z aug
    Western North Pacific
  44. HYDROLANT 2530/172017-08-18 → 2017-09-01
    M/V, white hull, capsized and adrift in 28-52.44N 079-45.99W
    Western North Atlantic · Florida
  45. HYDROPAC 2799/172017-08-18 → 2017-09-01
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V hang min fu in 30-29-34N 146-32-16E at 180057Z aug
    Western North Pacific
  46. HYDROPAC 2798/172017-08-18 → 2017-08-18
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel guiding star, two persons on board, in vicinity 19-33.9S…
    Coral Sea · Australia-northeast Coast
  47. HYDROLANT 2526/172017-08-18 → 2017-09-01
    Vessel, 30 persons on board, unreported from mahdia (35-30N 011-04E) to italy
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Strait of Sicily · Tunisia To Italy
  48. HYDROPAC 2793/172017-08-17 → 2017-09-01
    M/V leverkusen express reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 11-51N 061-28E at 170730Z aug
    Arabian Sea
  49. HYDROPAC 2792/172017-08-17 → 2017-09-01
    Distress signal received in 25-44N 123-14E at 170801Z aug
    East China Sea
  50. HYDROPAC 2791/172017-08-17 → 2017-08-17
    Cancel HYDROPAC 2776/17 and this msg, search suspended
    Western North Pacific

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