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 174/172017-01-17 → 2017-01-19
    Vessel thang loi 18, ten persons on board, disabled and adrift in 19-10N 107-23E at 170500Z jan
    Gulf of Tonkin
  2. HYDROPAC 170/172017-01-17 → 2017-02-01
    Man overboard from vessel in 01-49.00S 107-11.07E at 162300Z jan
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  3. HYDROPAC 169/172017-01-16 → 2017-02-01
    Man overboard from F/V hp 90566 ts in vicinity 21-00N 108-00E at 151920Z jan
    Gulf of Tonkin · Vietnam
  4. HYDROPAC 165/172017-01-16 → 2017-01-16
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from F/V min feng yu 00585 in 15-06.4N 159-38.6E
    Western North Pacific
  5. HYDROPAC 161/172017-01-16 → 2017-01-17
    Derelict 11 meter F/V paradi capsized and adrift in 22-39.1N 137-08.8E at 160616Z jan
    Western North Pacific · Philippine Sea
  6. HYDROPAC 159/172017-01-16 → 2017-02-01
    Vessel, three persons on board, unreported
    Gulf of Tonkin
  7. HYDROLANT 153/172017-01-16 → 2017-01-17
    Man overboard from vessel in 36-34N 015-35E at 160200Z jan
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Ionian Sea · Sicily-southeast Coast
  8. HYDROPAC 157/172017-01-16 → 2017-01-17
    F/v's unreported: a. madu rejini, five persons on board
    Northern Indian Ocean · Bay of Bengal
  9. HYDROPAC 153/172017-01-15 → 2017-01-16
    Derelict 11 meter F/V paradi capsized and adrift in 22-58.6N 137-09.0E at 150616Z jan
    Western North Pacific · Philippine Sea
  10. HYDROPAC 152/172017-01-15 → 2017-01-20
    F/V qng 90499-TS, 13 persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 15-53N 113-58E at…
    South China Sea
  11. HYDROPAC 150/172017-01-15 → 2017-01-15
    Cancel HYDROPAC 29/17 and this msg, search suspended
    Indian Ocean
  12. HYDROPAC 147/172017-01-15 → 2017-01-15
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel run amok in vicinity 20-55.3S 149-29.3E at 150307Z jan
    Coral Sea · Australia-northeast Coast
  13. HYDROPAC 144/172017-01-14 → 2017-01-15
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 13-41.0S 136-43.5E at 142121Z jan
    Gulf of Carpentaria · Australia-north Coast
  14. HYDROLANT 143/172017-01-14 → 2017-01-14
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 73 foot F/V sea capture, red hull, in 40-10.5N 070-25.8W at 142053Z…
    Western North Atlantic
  15. HYDROLANT 142/172017-01-14 → 2017-01-14
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 40-10.5N 070-25.8W at 142053Z jan
    Western North Atlantic
  16. HYDROLANT 141/172017-01-14 → 2017-01-14
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 48-26.28N 015-06.30W at 141811Z jan
    Eastern North Atlantic
  17. HYDROPAC 141/172017-01-14 → 2017-01-14
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 09-43.4N 169-03.1E at 141643Z jan
    North Pacific
  18. HYDROLANT 140/172017-01-14 → 2017-02-01
    Vessel, numerous persons on board, requesting assistance in vicinity 33-07N 014-41E at 141200Z jan
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  19. HYDROPAC 140/172017-01-14 → 2017-01-15
    F/V nd 92999 ts, six persons on board, disabled and adrift in 18-14N 107-53E at 131800Z jan
    South China Sea · Gulf of Tonkin
  20. HYDROPAC 138/172017-01-14 → 2017-01-17
    Derelict 11 meter F/V paradi capsized and adrift in 23-17.3N 137-14.6E at 140616Z jan
    Western North Pacific · Philippine Sea
  21. HYDROLANT 137/172017-01-14 → 2017-01-14
    Vessel, 200 persons on board, unreported al khums (32-39N 014-16E)
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  22. HYDROPAC 135/172017-01-14 → 2017-02-01
    Distress signal received in 09-07.0N 113-43.2E at 140215Z jan
    South China Sea
  23. HYDROLANT 132/172017-01-13 → 2017-02-01
    Two vessels, numerous persons on board, requesting assistance in 33-01N 012-21E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  24. HYDROPAC 130/172017-01-13 → 2017-02-01
    F/V bahubali sank in 22-50N 067-54E at 092000Z jan
    Arabian Sea · India
  25. HYDROPAC 129/172017-01-13 → 2017-01-14
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 36-05.1N 128-49.7W
    Eastern North Pacific
  26. HYDROPAC 125/172017-01-13 → 2017-01-13
    Cancel HYDROPAC 114/17 and this msg, search suspended
    Coral Sea · Australia-northeast Coast
  27. HYDROLANT 126/172017-01-13 → 2017-02-01
    Vessel, 120 persons on board, requesting assistance in vicinity 33-02N 014-12E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  28. HYDROPAC 123/172017-01-13 → 2017-01-13
    Cancel HYDROPAC 105/17 and this msg, persons rescued
    Northwestern Indian Ocean
  29. HYDROPAC 121/172017-01-12 → 2017-01-25
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 21-48.3N 119-30.7W
    Eastern North Pacific
  30. HYDROLANT 120/172017-01-12 → 2017-02-01
    Vessel, 120 persons on board, requesting assistance vicinity 32-54N 012-13E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  31. HYDROPAC 115/172017-01-12 → 2017-01-15
    Derelict 40 foot vessel, white hull, capsized and adrift vicinity 23-40.6N 137-12.3E at 120330Z jan
    Western North Pacific · Philippine Sea
  32. HYDROPAC 114/172017-01-12 → 2017-01-13
    Man overboard from M/V samba in vicinity of trackline between 17-27.4S 146-12.5E at 120200Z jan and 18-24.4S…
    Coral Sea · Australia-northeast Coast
  33. HYDROPAC 113/172017-01-12 → 2017-01-13
    F/V qb 98896 ts, six persons on board, disabled and adrift in 18-10N 107-32E at 111350Z jan
    South China Sea · Gulf of Tonkin
  34. HYDROLANT 119/172017-01-11 → 2017-01-12
    Vessel, 120 persons on board, requesting assistance in vicinity of 33-00N 13-00E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  35. HYDROPAC 112/172017-01-11 → 2017-01-12
    F/V qb 98896 ts, six persons on board, disabled and adrift in 18-01.92N 107-38.92E at 111350Z jan
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  36. HYDROPAC 111/172017-01-11 → 2017-01-11
    F/V na 98896 ts, six persons on board, disabled and adrift in 18-01.92N 107-38.92E at 111350Z jan
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  37. HYDROPAC 109/172017-01-11 → 2017-01-17
    Two, seven meter vessels, seven persons on board each, overdue blup blup island (03-30S 144-37E) to manus…
    Bismarck Sea · Vitiaz Strait · Papua New Guinea
  38. HYDROPAC 106/172017-01-10 → 2017-01-10
    Distress signal received in vicinity 06-32.1S 159-33.4W
    South Pacific
  39. HYDROLANT 102/172017-01-10 → 2017-01-25
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 29-30N 073-00W
    Western North Atlantic
  40. HYDROPAC 100/172017-01-10 → 2017-01-10
    Cancel HYDROPAC 91/17 and this msg, vessel located safe
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  41. HYDROPAC 99/172017-01-10 → 2017-01-25
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 07-11.2N 111-21.1E at 100158Z jan
    South China Sea
  42. HYDROPAC 95/172017-01-10 → 2017-01-25
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 03-22.1N 154-08.3E
    Western North Pacific
  43. HYDROLANT 94/172017-01-09 → 2017-01-25
    48 foot vessel fatal attraction, four persons on board, overdue great inagua (21-03.4N 073-25.5W) to jamaica…
    Western North Atlantic · Caribbean Sea · Bahamas To Jamaica
  44. HYDROPAC 93/172017-01-09 → 2017-01-09
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from F/V lu qing yuan yu 023 in 02-04S 155-16W at 091647Z jan
    South Pacific
  45. HYDROLANT 88/172017-01-09 → 2017-01-25
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 43 foot S/V on the bright side in 15-50.67N 077-48.67W
    Caribbean Sea
  46. HYDROPAC 92/172017-01-09 → 2017-01-25
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 01-17.8S 093-20.3W
    Eastern South Pacific
  47. HYDROPAC 91/172017-01-09 → 2017-01-10
    F/V bd 95309-TS, eight persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in 14-20N 109-50E at…
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  48. HYDROLANT 82/172017-01-09 → 2017-01-25
    F/V ocean one, taking on water in 28-44.3N 090-54.8W at 090800Z jan
    Gulf of Mexico · Louisiana
  49. HYDROLANT 80/172017-01-08 → 2017-01-25
    Distress signal received from S/V leila on 406 mhz in 22-39.1N 073-49.4W
    Western North Atlantic · Bahamas
  50. HYDROLANT 78/172017-01-08 → 2017-01-25
    M/V explorer II reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 07-06S 008-04E
    Eastern South Atlantic

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