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 394/202020-02-06 → 2020-02-07
    F/V qna 90037 ts, 40 persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 14-30N 114-15E at…
    South China Sea
  2. HYDROPAC 390/202020-02-05 → 2020-02-06
    F/V qb 98532 ts, seven persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 17-12N 108-56E at…
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  3. HYDROPAC 376/202020-02-04 → 2020-02-04
    Cancel HYDROPAC 373/20 and this msg, persons rescued
    Gulf of Tonkin · Vietnam
  4. HYDROPAC 373/202020-02-04 → 2020-02-04
    F/V TH90183 ts, sank in 19-26N 106-23E
    Gulf of Tonkin · Vietnam
  5. HYDROPAC 372/202020-02-04 → 2020-02-04
    F/V sank in vicinity 19-00N 106-00E
    Gulf of Tonkin · Vietnam
  6. HYDROLANT 387/202020-02-04 → 2020-02-10
    Man overboard from vessel in 20-19.20S 040-17.19W on 03 feb
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-southeast Coast
  7. HYDROPAC 366/202020-02-03 → 2020-02-04
    F/V estercho requiring medevac assistance in 02-12S 146-30W at 032015Z feb
    South Pacific
  8. HYDROPAC 365/202020-02-03 → 2020-02-21
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 48-18.9N 176-14.3W at 031640Z feb
    North Pacific
  9. HYDROLANT 372/202020-02-03 → 2020-02-04
    Vessel, two persons on board, adrift in vicinity 23-15.77S 044-37.97W
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil- South Coast
  10. HYDROPAC 360/202020-02-03 → 2020-02-03
    Cancel HYDROPAC 359/20 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Coral Sea · Australia-northeast Coast
  11. HYDROPAC 359/202020-02-03 → 2020-02-03
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from eight meter M/V savage ocean racer, six persons on board, in…
    Coral Sea · Australia-northeast Coast
  12. HYDROPAC 354/202020-02-02 → 2020-02-02
    Cancel HYDROPAC 351/20 and this msg, search suspended
    Coral Sea
  13. HYDROLANT 360/202020-02-01 → 2020-02-21
    F/V siempre nuevo angel requesting urgent medical evacuation in vicinity 18-23N 025-28W
    North Atlantic · Cape Verde
  14. HYDROLANT 353/202020-02-01 → 2020-02-21
    Vessel, 65 persons on board, unreported in vicinity 39-00N 019-00E
    Ionian Sea · Greece
  15. HYDROPAC 351/202020-02-01 → 2020-02-02
    Man overboard from M/V balboa in 23-49S 154-05E at 311800Z jan
    Coral Sea · Australia-northeast Coast
  16. HYDROPAC 348/202020-02-01 → 2020-02-14
    Seven meter F/V, white hull, three persons on board, unreported
    Gulf of Aden · Yemen
  17. HYDROLANT 340/202020-01-31 → 2020-02-14
    M/V, green hull, 12 persons on board, unreported pantelleria (36-48N 12-02E) to sicily (37-34N 12-40E)
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Strait of Sicily · Pantelleria To Sicily
  18. HYDROPAC 341/202020-01-31 → 2020-02-14
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 08-38.3S 146-16.4W at 301905Z jan
    South Pacific
  19. HYDROLANT 328/202020-01-30 → 2020-02-01
    Vessel, five persons on board, unreported
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-southeast Coast
  20. HYDROLANT 327/202020-01-30 → 2020-02-01
    S/V, eight persons on board, unreported
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-southeast Coast
  21. HYDROPAC 331/202020-01-30 → 2020-02-07
    F/V, ten persons on board, unreported
    Eastern Indian Ocean · Indonesia
  22. HYDROPAC 330/202020-01-29 → 2020-01-29
    Cancel HYDROPAC 319/20 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Vitiaz Strait · Papua New Guinea
  23. HYDROPAC 328/202020-01-29 → 2020-02-14
    F/V, five persons on board, sinking in vicinity west pasaman district (00-05N 099-30E)
    Northern Indian Ocean · Indonesia
  24. HYDROLANT 319/202020-01-29 → 2020-02-12
    Search and rescue operations in area within 10 miles of 35-46.5N 006-27.1W
    Eastern North Atlantic · Morocco
  25. HYDROPAC 325/202020-01-29 → 2020-02-05
    F/V, five persons on board, sinking in vicinity of 01-00S 100-00E at 290949Z jan
    Eastern Indian Ocean · Indonesia
  26. HYDROPAC 323/202020-01-29 → 2020-02-07
    Vessel, seven persons on board, sinking in 02-22-50S 099-42-46E at 290115Z jan
    Eastern Indian Ocean · Indonesia
  27. HYDROPAC 319/202020-01-28 → 2020-01-29
    Nine meter vessel, brown timber hull, 11 persons onboard, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in…
    Vitiaz Strait · Papua New Guinea
  28. HYDROLANT 303/202020-01-28 → 2020-01-29
    Search and rescue operations 290800Z to 291000Z jan in area bound by 36-21N 028-33E, 35-55N 028-32E, 35-55N…
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea
  29. HYDROPAC 304/202020-01-27 → 2020-01-27
    Cancel HYDROPAC 207/20 and this msg, search suspended
    Banda Sea · Indonesia
  30. HYDROLANT 280/202020-01-27 → 2020-02-14
    Distress signal received from eight meter vessel, 15 persons onboard in 23-03N 018-59W at 261820Z jan
    Eastern North Atlantic · Western Sahara
  31. HYDROPAC 301/202020-01-27 → 2020-01-27
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 12-36.0S 141-37.9E at 262353Z jan
    Gulf of Carpentaria · Australia-north Coast
  32. HYDROPAC 293/202020-01-26 → 2020-02-14
    Two persons overboard from capsized and adrift M/V maria, in vicinity 17-29N 085-23E at 251900Z jan
    Bay of Bengal · India
  33. HYDROPAC 292/202020-01-25 → 2020-01-28
    13 meter M/V eliza 1, one person on board, sank in 32-21.67S 152-41.00E at 251638Z jan
    Tasman Sea · Australia-east Coast
  34. HYDROPAC 290/202020-01-25 → 2020-01-25
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V eliza, two persons on board, in vicinity 32-20.93S 152-40.87E…
    Tasman Sea · Australia-east Coast
  35. HYDROPAC 286/202020-01-25 → 2020-01-28
    Vessel capsized and adrift in 02-42.53N 073-23.89E at 241000Z jan
    Arabian Sea · Maldives
  36. HYDROPAC 271/202020-01-25 → 2020-01-25
    Four meter vessel, three persons onboard, sinking in 17-31.9S 146-19E at 242338Z jan
    Coral Sea · Australia-northeast Coast
  37. NAVAREA XII 31/202020-01-24 → 2020-02-07
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 02-16.7N 095-07.3W
    Eastern North Pacific
  38. HYDROPAC 269/202020-01-24 → 2020-01-27
    Distress signal received from vessel huoyun 3 in vicinity 01-00S 125-00E
    Molucca Sea · Indonesia
  39. HYDROPAC 268/202020-01-24 → 2020-01-24
    Cancel HYDROPAC 215/20 and this msg, search suspended
    Bismarck Sea · Vitaz Strait · Papua New Guinea
  40. HYDROLANT 241/202020-01-24 → 2020-01-24
    Possible distress signal in 23-16.43S 044-15.63W
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-south Coast
  41. HYDROPAC 260/202020-01-24 → 2020-02-07
    Vessel bw acorn, numerous persons on board, on fire and adrift in vicinity 13-07.5N 048-49.2E
    Gulf of Aden · Yemen
  42. HYDROPAC 259/202020-01-23 → 2020-02-07
    Man overboard from vessel ifb al fatema in 23-10N 067-49E at 221200Z jan
    Arabian Sea · India
  43. NAVAREA IV 79/202020-01-23 → 2020-01-24
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 42 foot F/V hayley ann, white hull, in 43-10.1N 069-10.6W
    Western North Atlantic · Maine
  44. HYDROPAC 256/202020-01-23 → 2020-02-07
    Vessel dua putra jaya, five persons on board, sinking in 05-03-23S 105-55-42E at 221820Z jan
    Java Sea · Indonesia
  45. HYDROLANT 229/202020-01-23 → 2020-01-24
    Vessel, five persons on board, aground in vicinity 23-16.33S 044-32.90W on 22 jan
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-south Coast
  46. HYDROLANT 228/202020-01-23 → 2020-02-07
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from F/V rua mar in 35-46.7N 006-45.6W
    Eastern North Atlantic · Morocco
  47. HYDROLANT 227/202020-01-23 → 2020-01-23
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from F/V rua mar in 35-46.5N 006-34.8W
    Eastern North Atlantic · Morrocco
  48. HYDROPAC 246/202020-01-22 → 2020-01-29
    Vessel pompong capsized in 02-07-44N 101-47-30E at 221600Z jan
    Strait of Malacca · Indonesia
  49. HYDROPAC 243/202020-01-22 → 2020-01-22
    F/V hp 90770 ts, five persons on board, sank in 20-19N 107-28E
    Gulf of Tonkin · Vietnam
  50. HYDROPAC 239/202020-01-22 → 2020-01-22
    Aircraft, two persons on board, ditching in 26-57.18S 153-29.40E at 220625Z jan
    Coral Sea · Australia-east Coast

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