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. HYDROLANT 292/172017-01-27 → 2017-02-11
    Man overboard from vessel in 28-40.13S 048-42.02W on 27 jan
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-south Coast
  2. HYDROPAC 318/172017-01-27 → 2017-02-08
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 04-40.9N 090-13.5W
    Eastern North Pacific
  3. HYDROLANT 288/172017-01-27 → 2017-02-08
    Man overboard from M/V celebrity summit in 25-14.6N 075-53.8W
    Western North Atlantic · Bahamas
  4. HYDROLANT 283/172017-01-27 → 2017-02-16
    Vessel, 300 persons on board, requesting assistance in 32-49N 012-39E at 270515Z jan
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  5. HYDROPAC 306/172017-01-27 → 2017-01-30
    Derelict 11 meter F/V paradi capsized and adrift in 20-29.7N 138-19.6E at 270616Z jan
    Western North Pacific · Philippine Sea
  6. HYDROLANT 282/172017-01-27 → 2017-01-27
    Vessel, 300 persons on board, requesting assistance in 32-53N 012-28E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  7. HYDROLANT 271/172017-01-26 → 2017-02-16
    Vessel, 120 persons on board, requesting assistance in 32-51N 013-36E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  8. HYDROLANT 270/172017-01-26 → 2017-01-26
    Vessel, 120 persons on board, requesting assistance in 33-17N 013-24E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  9. HYDROPAC 296/172017-01-26 → 2017-01-26
    Distress signals received on 406 mhz at 260017Z jan in: a. 38-28.6N 168-07.6W
    North Pacific
  10. HYDROPAC 288/172017-01-25 → 2017-01-27
    Derelict 11 meter F/V paradi capsized and adrift in 20-35.6N 138-31.0E at 250616Z jan
    Western North Pacific · Philippine Sea
  11. HYDROPAC 271/172017-01-24 → 2017-01-25
    Derelict 11 meter F/V paradi capsized and adrift in 20-33.6N 138-16.0E at 240616Z jan
    Western North Pacific · Philippine Sea
  12. HYDROLANT 248/172017-01-24 → 2017-01-27
    Derelict liferaft adrift in vicinity 28-11S 002-47E on 23 jan
    Eastern South Atlantic
  13. HYDROPAC 265/172017-01-24 → 2017-01-24
    F/V bd 95478-TS, five persons on board, reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 17-00N 113-00E at…
    South China Sea
  14. HYDROPAC 264/172017-01-24 → 2017-01-24
    Derelict 11 meter F/V paradi capsized and adrift in 21-13.5N 138-18.1E at 230617Z jan
    Western North Pacific · Philippine Sea
  15. HYDROLANT 245/172017-01-24 → 2017-02-01
    32 foot S/V marry g, green hull, overdue isla mujeres (21-14N 086-44W) to key west (24-33N 081-47W)
    Western North Atlantic · Gulf of Mexico · Mexico To Florida
  16. HYDROPAC 261/172017-01-23 → 2017-02-08
    24 foot F/V noorul bahar, white hull, three persons on board, overdue suheli par (10-04N 072-18E) to…
    Arabian Sea · India
  17. HYDROLANT 238/172017-01-23 → 2017-02-08
    Vessel, 80 persons on board, requesting assistance in 33-21N 012-18E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  18. HYDROLANT 236/172017-01-23 → 2017-02-01
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 70 foot F/V uncle billy in 28-33.8N 090-22.0W at 230256Z jan
    Gulf of Mexico · Louisiana
  19. HYDROPAC 252/172017-01-23 → 2017-02-08
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V alani in 11-54N 112-25E
    South China Sea
  20. HYDROLANT 234/172017-01-22 → 2017-01-24
    Two persons missing from vessel itaguai
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-northeast Coast
  21. HYDROLANT 225/172017-01-22 → 2017-02-01
    Distress signal received in 26-45N 075-00W
    Western North Atlantic
  22. HYDROLANT 224/172017-01-22 → 2017-02-01
    Distress signal received from 44 foot S/V the wild blue, blue and white hull, in vicinity 26-00N 078-00W
    Western North Atlantic · Bahamas
  23. HYDROPAC 244/172017-01-22 → 2017-01-22
    Cancel HYDROPAC 186/17 and this msg, search suspended
    Bay of Bengal
  24. HYDROPAC 243/172017-01-22 → 2017-01-23
    F/V bd 97679-TS, five persons on board, taking on water in 13-54N 114-09E at 211700Z jan
    South China Sea
  25. HYDROPAC 241/172017-01-21 → 2017-01-21
    Cancel HYDROPAC 239/17 and this msg, persons rescued
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  26. HYDROPAC 239/172017-01-21 → 2017-01-21
    F/V bv 7804 ts sank in 09-37N 106-48E at 211800Z jan
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  27. HYDROPAC 234/172017-01-21 → 2017-01-21
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 12-26.40S 130-26.13E at 211012Z jan
    Timor Sea · Australia-north Coast
  28. HYDROPAC 233/172017-01-21 → 2017-01-22
    F/V na 95413 ts, eight persons on board, disabled and anchored in 18-33N 106-45E at 201000Z jan
    Gulf of Tonkin · Vietnam
  29. HYDROPAC 223/172017-01-20 → 2017-01-20
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from S/V on tap, one person on board in vicinity 38-13.6S 150-17.2E at…
    Tasman Sea · Australia-southeast Coast
  30. NAVAREA IV 41/172017-01-20 → 2017-01-23
    Derelict 24 foot vessel, white hull with red stripe, capsized and adrift along with nine 20 gallon fuel…
    Western North Atlantic · Strait of Florida
  31. HYDROPAC 221/172017-01-20 → 2017-01-20
    Cancel HYDROPAC 219/17 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Bass Strait · Australia-southeast Coast
  32. HYDROPAC 219/172017-01-20 → 2017-01-20
    10.5 meter vessel mico, three persons on board, overdue lakes entrance (37-54S 147-58E) to deal island…
    Bass Strait · Australia-southeast Coast
  33. HYDROPAC 215/172017-01-20 → 2017-02-08
    Vessel bach dang 6 sank in 20-12N 107-44E at 200045Z jan
    Gulf of Tonkin · Vietnam
  34. HYDROLANT 196/172017-01-19 → 2017-01-24
    Aircraft, two persons on board, missing in 23-12.63S 044-40.98W
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-south Coast
  35. HYDROLANT 194/172017-01-19 → 2017-02-01
    Distress signal received in 31-13.8N 071-07.2W
    Western North Atlantic
  36. HYDROPAC 210/172017-01-19 → 2017-02-08
    Vessel sinking in 22-44N 068-44E at 190815Z jan
    Arabian Sea · India
  37. HYDROLANT 192/172017-01-19 → 2017-02-01
    75 foot M/V ninah, six persons on board, abandoning ship in 31-10.1N 069-02.5W at 191114Z jan
    Western North Atlantic
  38. HYDROPAC 200/172017-01-19 → 2017-02-08
    Man overboard from F/V bd 50830 ts in 07-11N 106-28E at 161600Z jan
    South China Sea
  39. HYDROPAC 199/172017-01-19 → 2017-01-22
    Derelict 11 meter F/V paradi capsized and adrift in 22-15.4N 137-16.4E at 190616Z jan
    Western North Pacific · Philippine Sea
  40. HYDROPAC 196/172017-01-19 → 2017-02-01
    Distress signal received in 08-27N 088-01W
    Eastern North Pacific
  41. HYDROPAC 195/172017-01-19 → 2017-01-19
    Distress signal received in 08-00N 088-00W
    Eastern North Pacific
  42. HYDROPAC 191/172017-01-18 → 2017-01-18
    Ten meter S/V elsa, three persons on board, on fire in vicinity 31-22S 153-01E at 181840Z jan
    Tasman Sea · Australia-east Coast
  43. HYDROLANT 180/172017-01-18 → 2017-02-01
    15 foot M/V titi mimi 97-1, black hull, three persons onboard, unreported from point a pitre (16-14.5N…
    Eastern Caribbean Sea · Guadeloupe
  44. HYDROPAC 190/172017-01-18 → 2017-01-20
    F/V na 93696TS, eight persons on board, disabled and anchored in 19-00N 106-48E at 180806Z jan
    Gulf of Tonkin · Vietnam
  45. HYDROLANT 176/172017-01-18 → 2017-02-01
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 46 foot S/V senie alethe in 25-52.2N 063-53.9W
    Western North Atlantic
  46. HYDROLANT 173/172017-01-17 → 2017-02-01
    Man overboard from vessel in vicinity of trackline between 36-32N 015-34E at 152200Z jan and 36-32N 016-27E…
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Ionian Sea · Sicily-southeast Coast
  47. HYDROPAC 186/172017-01-17 → 2017-01-22
    F/V madu renjani, five persons on board, unreported
    Bay of Bengal
  48. HYDROPAC 184/172017-01-17 → 2017-02-01
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 37-44-02N 157-22-58E at 170901Z jan
    Western North Pacific
  49. HYDROPAC 176/172017-01-17 → 2017-01-19
    Derelict 11 meter F/V paradi capsized and adrift in 22-26.6N 137-09.7E at 170616Z jan
    Western North Pacific · Philippine Sea
  50. HYDROPAC 175/172017-01-17 → 2017-01-22
    Man overboard from M/V shibumi in 01-49.0S 107-11.7E
    South China Sea · Indonesia

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