Distress & casualty cases (archived) in 2020

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 2020
1,283
still in force
0
vs 2019
-12%
first · last
01-01 · 12-31

By month

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By NAVAREA series

  • HYDROPAC1,030
  • HYDROLANT185
  • NAVAREA IV38
  • NAVAREA XII30

Where · top seas

South China Sea31837%
North Pacific Ocean16719%
South Pacific Ocean657%
North Atlantic Ocean647%
South Atlantic Ocean627%
Indian Ocean627%
Coral Sea486%
Arabian Sea303%
Bismarck Sea283%
Black Sea233%

All distress & casualty cases (archived) issued in 2020 · 1,283

  1. HYDROPAC 1401/202020-05-09 → 2020-05-09
    Cancel HYDROPAC 1307/20 and this msg, search suspended
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  2. HYDROPAC 1396/202020-05-09 → 2020-05-14
    Vessel, one person on board, disabled and adrift in vicinity 06-59N 170-39E
    North Pacific · Marshall Islands
  3. NAVAREA XII 200/202020-05-08 → 2020-05-22
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 17-12N 111-36W
    Eastern North Pacific
  4. HYDROPAC 1392/202020-05-08 → 2020-05-09
    One person missing from M/V wakashio in vicinity 00-27.6S 119-19.4E at 071900Z may
    Makassar Strait · Indonesia
  5. HYDROLANT 1576/202020-05-08 → 2020-05-13
    Search and rescue exercises 130800Z to 131000Z may in area bound by 41-45N 031-00E, 41-45N 031-32E, 41-27N…
    Black Sea · Turkey
  6. HYDROPAC 1391/202020-05-08 → 2020-05-15
    Vessel, three persons on board, sank in 04-20-00S 128-54-40E
    Banda Sea · Indonesia
  7. HYDROPAC 1387/202020-05-08 → 2020-05-08
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 05-32.0N 177-03.5E at 080153Z may
    North Pacific
  8. HYDROPAC 1382/202020-05-08 → 2020-05-08
    Cancel HYDROPAC 1378/20 and this msg, persons rescued
    Bali Sea · Indonesia
  9. HYDROPAC 1378/202020-05-07 → 2020-05-08
    M/V baruna jaya, white, red and blue hull, eight persons on board, unreported
    Bali Sea · Indonesia
  10. HYDROPAC 1373/202020-05-07 → 2020-05-07
    Distress signal received from F/V LURONGYUANYU30 in 15-20S 171-03E
    Western South Pacific
  11. HYDROPAC 1370/202020-05-06 → 2020-05-06
    Cancel HYDROPAC 1353/20 and this msg, search suspended
    Bismarck Sea · Papua New Guinea
  12. HYDROLANT 1550/202020-05-06 → 2020-05-07
    Man overboard from vessel in 22-52S 043-09W
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-south Coast
  13. HYDROLANT 1548/202020-05-06 → 2020-05-11
    Search and rescue exercises 111100Z to 111300Z may in area bound by 42-02N 032-01E, 41-50N 032-01E, 41-50N…
    Black Sea · Turkey
  14. HYDROLANT 1542/202020-05-06 → 2020-05-22
    Aircraft, 38 persons on board, down in vicinity 58-45.93S 064-46.16W
    Drake Passage
  15. HYDROPAC 1366/202020-05-05 → 2020-05-15
    Distress signal received from M/V ky van 01 in 03-58.9N 134-23.8E
    Eastern North Pacific
  16. HYDROPAC 1363/202020-05-05 → 2020-05-05
    Distress signal received from F/V fu yuan yu yun 993 in 03-56.8N 121-55.0W
    Eastern North Pacific
  17. HYDROPAC 1358/202020-05-05 → 2020-05-22
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 15-29.3N 109-59.7W
    Eastern North Pacific
  18. NAVAREA XII 194/202020-05-05 → 2020-05-22
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 15-29.3N 109-59.7W
    Eastern North Pacific
  19. HYDROPAC 1357/202020-05-04 → 2020-05-04
    Cancel HYDROPAC 1344/20 and this msg, search suspended
    Western South Pacific · Papua New Guinea
  20. HYDROPAC 1353/202020-05-04 → 2020-05-06
    Seven meter vessel, white hull, four persons on board, overdue rabaul (04-12.30S 152-10.20E) to manus island…
    Bismarck Sea · Papua New Guinea
  21. HYDROPAC 1352/202020-05-04 → 2020-05-22
    11 meter S/V maxim, white hull, one person on board, overdue addu atoll (00-39-00S 073-09-36E) to mauritius…
    Indian Ocean · Thailand · Mauritius
  22. HYDROPAC 1344/202020-05-02 → 2020-05-04
    Man overboard from F/V taiyo chuuk along trackline joining 02-05S 152-57E, 01-45S 152-41E at 011130Z may
    Western South Pacific · Papua New Guinea
  23. HYDROPAC 1338/202020-05-01 → 2020-05-15
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V chem hana in vicinity 03-20.0N 104-30.8E at 011307Z may
    South China Sea · Malaysia
  24. HYDROPAC 1334/202020-05-01 → 2020-05-15
    Distress signal received from vessel bright dawn in 06-15N 107-20E at 010054Z may
    South China Sea
  25. HYDROPAC 1325/202020-04-29 → 2020-05-15
    Marshall islands DNC 12
    North Pacific
  26. HYDROLANT 1465/202020-04-29 → 2020-04-30
    F/V unreported, two persons on board, last known position in vicinity 04-40S 036-05W on 29 apr
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-northeast Coast
  27. HYDROPAC 1321/202020-04-29 → 2020-05-02
    F/V na 90489 ts, 17 persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 17-52N 108-08E at 290800Z…
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  28. HYDROLANT 1460/202020-04-29 → 2020-05-01
    Distress signal received in vicinity 19-12.2S 014-08.0W
    South Atlantic
  29. HYDROPAC 1315/202020-04-29 → 2020-04-29
    Barge QN3958, three persons on board, disabled due to engine failure in 19-28.50N 106-51.20E at 280300Z apr
    Gulf of Tonkin · Vietnam
  30. HYDROPAC 1313/202020-04-28 → 2020-05-04
    20 meter F/V, five persons on board, overdue
    North Pacific · Marshall Islands
  31. HYDROPAC 1311/202020-04-28 → 2020-04-28
    Cancel HYDROPAC 1290/20 and this msg, search suspended
    Western South Pacific · Papua New Guinea
  32. HYDROPAC 1310/202020-04-28 → 2020-05-13
    F/V qna 95654 ts, 31 persons on board, sank in vicinity 07-34N 110-59E on 26 apr
    South China Sea · Vietnam · Malaysia
  33. HYDROPAC 1308/202020-04-28 → 2020-05-13
    Person missing from F/V bt 94049TS
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  34. HYDROPAC 1307/202020-04-28 → 2020-05-09
    Vessel jagat raya, seven persons on board, sank in 09-28.12N 106-29.19E at 261400Z apr
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  35. HYDROPAC 1306/202020-04-28 → 2020-04-28
    Vessel jagat raya, seven persons on board, sank in 09-28.12N 106-29.19E at 261400Z apr
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  36. HYDROPAC 1305/202020-04-28 → 2020-04-28
    Cancel HYDROPAC 1300/20 and this msg, search suspended
    Indian Ocean · Indonesia
  37. HYDROPAC 1302/202020-04-27 → 2020-04-28
    F/V qna 95654 ts, 31 persons on board, unreported
    South China Sea · Vietnam · Malaysia
  38. HYDROPAC 1300/202020-04-27 → 2020-04-28
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 09-48.4S 078-22.7E at 271427Z apr
    Indian Ocean · Indonesia
  39. HYDROPAC 1298/202020-04-27 → 2020-04-28
    Vessel jagat raya flag indonesia, seven persons on board, aground in 09-28.12N 106-29.19E at 261400Z apr
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  40. HYDROPAC 1293/202020-04-26 → 2020-05-15
    M/V quang ninh 7067, seven persons on board, disabled and sinking in vicinity 10-00N 107-00E on 27 apr
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  41. HYDROPAC 1290/202020-04-26 → 2020-04-28
    Man overboard from M/V da chang in vicinity 04-49.5S 153-57.2E at 260226Z apr
    Western South Pacific · Papua New Guinea
  42. HYDROPAC 1286/202020-04-26 → 2020-05-15
    F/V qb 92797 ts, eight persons on board, disabled and adrift in vicinity 16-13N 108-39E
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  43. NAVAREA XII 180/202020-04-25 → 2020-04-25
    Cancel NAVAREA XII 171/20 and this msg, search suspended
    Eastern North Pacific · Colombia
  44. HYDROLANT 1404/202020-04-24 → 2020-05-08
    Man overboard from M/V jiaolong spirit in 22-01.39N 068-43.69W
    Western North Atlantic
  45. HYDROPAC 1273/202020-04-23 → 2020-05-09
    F/V capsized in 04-31.5N 104-45.7E on 20 apr
    South China Sea · Malaysia
  46. HYDROPAC 1272/202020-04-23 → 2020-05-08
    Distress signal received in 05-05N 162-49E
    North Pacific · Micronesia
  47. HYDROPAC 1271/202020-04-23 → 2020-04-23
    Cancel HYDROPAC 1257/20 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Java Sea · Indonesia
  48. HYDROPAC 1267/202020-04-23 → 2020-05-08
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 23-52.8N 165-25.5E at 230648Z apr
    North Pacific
  49. HYDROPAC 1260/202020-04-22 → 2020-04-22
    Cancel HYDROPAC 1259/20 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Coral Sea · Australia-northeast Coast
  50. HYDROPAC 1259/202020-04-22 → 2020-04-22
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity of 19-46.27S 148-21.53E at 220310Z
    Coral Sea · Australia-northeast Coast

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