Distress & casualty cases (archived) in 2019

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 2019
1,453
still in force
0
vs 2018
-28%
first · last
01-01 · 12-31

By month

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By NAVAREA series

  • HYDROPAC1,163
  • HYDROLANT223
  • NAVAREA IV46
  • NAVAREA XII16
  • HYDROARC5

Where · top seas

South China Sea33433%
North Pacific Ocean17618%
South Atlantic Ocean919%
South Pacific Ocean808%
North Atlantic Ocean768%
Arabian Sea626%
Coral Sea616%
Indian Ocean596%
Philippine Sea323%
Laccadive Sea293%

All distress & casualty cases (archived) issued in 2019 · 1,453

  1. HYDROPAC 572/192019-02-19 → 2019-02-22
    Man overboard from F/V 721 oryong in vicinity of trackline joining 00-39.1S 166-58.8W at 181445Z feb and…
    South Pacific
  2. HYDROPAC 571/192019-02-19 → 2019-02-19
    Cancel HYDROPAC 563/19 and this msg, vessel located safe
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  3. HYDROPAC 570/192019-02-19 → 2019-03-08
    Distress signal received in vicinity 05-16N 132-06E at 190405Z feb
    Western North Pacific
  4. HYDROPAC 569/192019-02-18 → 2019-02-18
    Cancel HYDROPAC 568/19 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Sea of Japan
  5. HYDROPAC 568/192019-02-18 → 2019-02-18
    Distress signals received on 406 mhz in 40-12.5N 133-28.0E at 181633Z feb
    Sea of Japan
  6. NAVAREA IV 115/192019-02-18 → 2019-02-21
    Capsized object in 36-21.0N 074-58.5W
    Western North Atlantic · North Carolina
  7. HYDROPAC 563/192019-02-18 → 2019-02-19
    F/V bd 94112 ts, 11 persons on board, disabled and adrift in 17-36N 107-29E at 172100Z feb
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  8. HYDROPAC 557/192019-02-17 → 2019-03-08
    F/V elsidha thoothur, 12 persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 12-17N 073-29E
    Arabian Sea · India
  9. HYDROPAC 553/192019-02-17 → 2019-03-08
    Man overboard from F/V bv 93727 in 10-39N 108-30E at 160730Z feb
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  10. HYDROPAC 547/192019-02-16 → 2019-02-16
    Distress signal received from M/V aquasurfer in 12-02N 137-47E at 160846Z feb
    Philippine Sea
  11. HYDROPAC 543/192019-02-16 → 2019-03-08
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 19-30N 072-05.5E at 160318Z feb
    Arabian Sea · India
  12. HYDROLANT 500/192019-02-15 → 2019-03-01
    Search and rescue operations in vicinity 46-24S 060-41W
    Western South Atlantic
  13. HYDROPAC 529/192019-02-15 → 2019-02-15
    Distress signals received on 406 mhz at 150652Z feb in: a. 33-59-24N 164-26-27E
    North Pacific · Taiwan Strait · China
  14. HYDROPAC 524/192019-02-15 → 2019-02-25
    Man overboard from M/V hai binh 16 in 09-01N 104-01E at 141900Z feb
    Gulf of Thailand · Vietnam
  15. HYDROPAC 522/192019-02-15 → 2019-02-18
    Derelict 11 meter fishing vessel, enclosed liferaft, and life ring adrift in vicinity 41-48.67S 171-14.00E…
    Tasman Sea · New Zealand
  16. HYDROPAC 518/192019-02-14 → 2019-02-15
    F/V bd 93046 ts, 14 persons on board, disabled and anchored due to engine failure in 09-02N 107-24E
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  17. HYDROPAC 514/192019-02-14 → 2019-03-01
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 05-01S 106-01E at 140835Z feb
    Java Sea · Indonesia
  18. HYDROPAC 511/192019-02-14 → 2019-03-01
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 23-00.80N 118-11.27E
    South China Sea · China
  19. HYDROPAC 509/192019-02-14 → 2019-02-14
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 21-44.13S 151-55.13E at 140630Z feb
    Coral Sea · Australia-northeast Coast
  20. HYDROPAC 504/192019-02-13 → 2019-03-08
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel in 16-16.4N 108-43.9E
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  21. HYDROPAC 502/192019-02-13 → 2019-02-14
    F/V bd 93056 ts, 14 persons on board, disabled and anchored due to engine failure in 09-02N 107-24E
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  22. HYDROPAC 491/192019-02-12 → 2019-02-21
    M/V sinar laut sea sinking in 05-00S 107-00E
    Java Sea · Indonesia
  23. HYDROPAC 490/192019-02-12 → 2019-02-12
    Cancel HYDROPAC 400/19 and this msg, search suspended
    Bismarck Sea · Papua New Guinea
  24. HYDROPAC 489/192019-02-12 → 2019-03-01
    F/V cm 99455 ts, six persons on board, flooding in 08-28N 104-03E at 120730Z feb
    Gulf of Thailand · Vietnam
  25. NAVAREA IV 99/192019-02-12 → 2019-02-16
    S/V micromegas, white hull, two persons on board, disabled and adrift in vicinity 16-33.03N 080-44.53W
    Western Caribbean Sea
  26. HYDROPAC 482/192019-02-12 → 2019-02-12
    Cancel HYDROPAC 459/19 and this msg, persons rescued
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  27. HYDROPAC 481/192019-02-12 → 2019-02-16
    Seven meter vessel, 12 persons on board, disabled and adrift between fincshhafen (06-33S 147-51E) and…
    Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea
  28. HYDROPAC 480/192019-02-12 → 2019-02-12
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 18-20N 107-44E
    Gulf of Tonkin · China
  29. HYDROLANT 457/192019-02-11 → 2019-03-01
    Man overboard from vessel in 01-57S 041-54W on 10 feb
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-north Coast
  30. HYDROLANT 456/192019-02-11 → 2019-03-01
    Vessel, 60 persons on board, requesting assistance in 33-46N 014-33E at 111435Z feb
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  31. HYDROPAC 479/192019-02-11 → 2019-02-11
    Cancel HYDROPAC 478/19 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Western South Pacific
  32. HYDROLANT 455/192019-02-11 → 2019-02-11
    Cancel HYDROLANT 394/19 and this msg, search suspended
    Eastern North Atlantic · Mauritania
  33. HYDROPAC 478/192019-02-11 → 2019-02-11
    Distress signal received from vessel in 01-05S 152-50E at 110906Z feb
    Western South Pacific
  34. HYDROPAC 472/192019-02-11 → 2019-03-01
    Distress signal received in vicinity 08-39N 108-59E at 110430Z feb
    South China Sea
  35. HYDROPAC 470/192019-02-10 → 2019-03-01
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V the hooker in vicinity 21-07.13S 149-18.53E at 101508Z
    Coral Sea · Australia-northeast Coast
  36. HYDROPAC 469/192019-02-10 → 2019-02-10
    Cancel HYDROPAC 461/19 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Vitiaz Strait · Papua New Guinea
  37. HYDROPAC 467/192019-02-10 → 2019-02-12
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from five meter M/V quintrex trophy, three persons on board, in vicinity…
    Coral Sea · Australia-northeast Coast
  38. HYDROPAC 466/192019-02-09 → 2019-03-01
    78 foot S/V venus, one person on board, requesting assistance due to navigation equipment issues in 29-30.2N…
    North Pacific
  39. HYDROPAC 461/192019-02-09 → 2019-02-10
    25 foot vessel, four persons on board, overdue bagbag island (04-50.2S 146-12.1E) to madang (05-12.3S…
    Vitiaz Strait · Papua New Guinea
  40. HYDROPAC 459/192019-02-09 → 2019-02-12
    F/V bd 96643 ts, seven persons on board, disabled and adrift in 16-40N 108-18E at 081000Z feb
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  41. HYDROPAC 450/192019-02-08 → 2019-02-22
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 08-32N 146-07E at 080832Z feb
    Western North Pacific
  42. HYDROPAC 445/192019-02-07 → 2019-02-22
    S/V belle vie, three persons on board, overdue la paz (24-08N 110-18W) to puerto vallerta (20-40N 105-16W)
    Gulf of California · Mexico
  43. NAVAREA IV 90/192019-02-07 → 2019-02-08
    M/V pico, two person on board, overdue
    Caribbean Sea · Colombia
  44. HYDROPAC 444/192019-02-07 → 2019-02-22
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 12-10.7N 135-18.1E at 071250Z feb
    Philippine Sea
  45. HYDROPAC 440/192019-02-07 → 2019-02-22
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 11-34.0N 145-42.2E at 070835Z feb
    Western North Pacific
  46. HYDROPAC 438/192019-02-07 → 2019-02-22
    Man overboard from F/V bd 97499TS in vicinity 17-19N 108-24E at 070300Z feb
    South China Sea
  47. HYDROPAC 433/192019-02-06 → 2019-02-06
    Cancel HYDROPAC 416/19 and this msg, search suspended
    Eastern Indian Ocean · Australia-northwest Coast
  48. HYDROLANT 397/192019-02-06 → 2019-02-22
    Vessel, two persons on board, unreported gallipoli (40-21-00N 026-28-00E) to santa maria di leuca (39-48-04N…
    Ionian Sea · Aegean Sea
  49. HYDROLANT 395/192019-02-06 → 2019-02-06
    Distress signal received in vicinity 28-25.1S 014-21.3E
    Eastern South Atlantic
  50. HYDROLANT 394/192019-02-06 → 2019-02-11
    Search and rescue operations in vicinity 20-36.5N 017-19.1W
    Eastern North Atlantic · Mauritania

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