Distress & casualty cases (archived) in 2021

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 2021
1,209
still in force
0
vs 2020
-6%
first · last
01-01 · 12-31

By month

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By NAVAREA series

  • HYDROPAC1,006
  • HYDROLANT146
  • NAVAREA IV28
  • NAVAREA XII26
  • HYDROARC3

Where · top seas

South China Sea25130%
North Pacific Ocean14918%
South Pacific Ocean729%
Indian Ocean698%
Arabian Sea627%
Laccadive Sea617%
South Atlantic Ocean567%
North Atlantic Ocean516%
Coral Sea395%
Philippine Sea324%

All distress & casualty cases (archived) issued in 2021 · 1,209

  1. HYDROPAC 117/212021-01-11 → 2021-01-11
    Cancel HYDROPAC 110/21 and this msg, search suspended
    Eastern North Pacific
  2. HYDROPAC 114/212021-01-10 → 2021-01-12
    Man overboard from M/V coracle in vicinity 10-49N 108-05E at 090300Z jan
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  3. HYDROLANT 89/212021-01-10 → 2021-01-10
    Cancel HYDROLANT 77/21 and this msg, search suspended
    North Atlantic
  4. HYDROPAC 112/212021-01-10 → 2021-01-11
    F/V kh 91324 ts, five persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in 08-10N 110-52E at…
    South China Sea
  5. HYDROPAC 111/212021-01-10 → 2021-01-11
    Seven meter vessel, white hull, seven persons on board, overdue pak island (02-05.38S 147-38.14E) to kavieng…
    Western South Pacific · Bismarck Sea · Papua New Guinea
  6. HYDROPAC 108/212021-01-10 → 2021-01-29
    Distress signals received on 406 mhz at 101050Z jan in: a. 09-53.5N 114-33.0E
    South China Sea
  7. HYDROPAC 105/212021-01-10 → 2021-01-29
    42 foot F/V muthu kumari, red, white and green hull, five persons on board, disabled and adrift due to…
    Arabian Sea
  8. HYDROPAC 104/212021-01-10 → 2021-01-29
    One person missing from vessel in vicinity 10-11.27N 103-58.26E at 090300Z jan
    Gulf of Thailand · Vietnam
  9. HYDROPAC 102/212021-01-10 → 2021-01-29
    F/V avkm, 11 persons on board, on fire in 12-51N 072-25E
    Arabian Sea · India
  10. HYDROLANT 82/212021-01-10 → 2021-01-18
    Two persons missing from vessel barca de noe in 13-17.92S 038-45.90W on 08 jan
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-east Coast
  11. HYDROLANT 78/212021-01-09 → 2021-01-29
    F/V papa iba mbaye, four persons on board, overdue
    Eastern North Atlantic · Senegal
  12. HYDROLANT 77/212021-01-09 → 2021-01-10
    Man overboard from vessel in 35-44N 041-30W at 090015Z jan
    North Atlantic
  13. HYDROPAC 99/212021-01-09 → 2021-01-11
    40 foot F/V nimsa DUWA-07, red, blue and green hull, five persons on board, disabled and adrift due to…
    Arabian Sea
  14. HYDROPAC 98/212021-01-09 → 2021-01-29
    Aircraft sriwijaya air unreported
    Selat Sunda · Indonesia
  15. HYDROPAC 96/212021-01-09 → 2021-01-10
    F/V kh 91324 ts, five persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in 08-26N 111-36E at…
    South China Sea
  16. HYDROPAC 95/212021-01-09 → 2021-01-10
    Aircraft unreported
    Java Sea · Indonesia
  17. HYDROPAC 92/212021-01-09 → 2021-01-09
    Cancel HYDROPAC 51/21 and this msg, search suspended
    Java Sea · Indonesia
  18. HYDROPAC 91/212021-01-09 → 2021-01-09
    Cancel HYDROPAC 33/21 and this msg, search suspended
    Java Sea · Indonesia
  19. HYDROLANT 71/212021-01-09 → 2021-01-22
    F/V ana gandon reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 43-44.5N 014-29.0W at 082215Z jan
    Eastern North Atlantic
  20. HYDROLANT 70/212021-01-09 → 2021-01-22
    Vessel, 45 persons on board, unreported from sfax (34-42.9N 010-46.3E) at 062100Z jan
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Tunisia
  21. HYDROLANT 68/212021-01-09 → 2021-01-22
    Man overboard in 35-44N 041-30W at 090015Z jan
    North Atlantic
  22. HYDROPAC 87/212021-01-08 → 2021-01-10
    42 foot F/V muthu kumari, red, white and green hull, five persons onboard, disabled and adrift due to engine…
    Arabian Sea · Lakshadweep
  23. HYDROPAC 80/212021-01-08 → 2021-01-08
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel in 03-20.58N 104-56.04E on 080949Z jan
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  24. HYDROPAC 76/212021-01-08 → 2021-01-09
    F/V nimsa DUWA-07, five persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 09-18N 068-58E at…
    Arabian Sea · India
  25. HYDROLANT 55/212021-01-08 → 2021-01-12
    Search and rescue operations 121200Z to 121600Z jan in area bound by 36-05.00N 028-44.00E, 36-02.40N…
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea
  26. HYDROLANT 50/212021-01-07 → 2021-01-22
    Vessel, ten persons on board, unreported
    Western Mediterranean Sea · Algeria
  27. HYDROPAC 75/212021-01-07 → 2021-01-08
    42 foot F/V muthu kumari, red, white and green hull, five persons onboard, disabled and adrift due to engine…
    Arabian Sea · Lakshadweep
  28. HYDROLANT 41/212021-01-07 → 2021-01-07
    Distress signal received from M/V ottoman equity in 36-38N 041-00W at 070319Z jan
    North Atlantic
  29. HYDROPAC 70/212021-01-06 → 2021-01-11
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 04-06.0S 110-11.3E at 062209Z jan
    Java Sea · Indonesia
  30. HYDROPAC 68/212021-01-06 → 2021-01-06
    Cancel HYDROPAC 23/21 and this msg, search suspended
    Southern Indian Ocean
  31. HYDROPAC 66/212021-01-06 → 2021-01-07
    42 foot F/V muthu kumari, red, white and green hull, five persons onboard, disabled and adrift due to engine…
    Arabian Sea · Maldives
  32. HYDROPAC 58/212021-01-06 → 2021-01-07
    F/V qng 91756 ts, eight persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in 15-45N 110-58E at…
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  33. HYDROPAC 51/212021-01-05 → 2021-01-09
    Man overboard from M/V langgeng jaya in vicinity 06-09S 113-15E at 270430Z dec
    Java Sea · Indonesia
  34. HYDROPAC 50/212021-01-05 → 2021-01-22
    Man overboard from vessel ifb jasus love in vicinity 08-14.32N 077-03.17E at 040200Z jan
    Arabian Sea · India
  35. HYDROLANT 27/212021-01-05 → 2021-01-14
    One person missing from vessel altissimo deus, last known position 30-31.17S 050-50.50W on 04 jan
    West South Atlantic · Brazil-south Coast
  36. NAVAREA IV 15/212021-01-05 → 2021-01-22
    Search and rescue operations in progress, five persons missing, in vicinity 08-35.76N 077-17.10W
    Caribbean Sea · Colombia
  37. NAVAREA IV 14/212021-01-04 → 2021-01-22
    Florida to mexico
    Gulf of Mexico
  38. HYDROPAC 45/212021-01-04 → 2021-01-22
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel zhen yuan yu 806 in 29-25-10N 153-25-36E at 042011Z jan
    Western North Pacific
  39. HYDROPAC 44/212021-01-04 → 2021-01-22
    F/V kh 00149 ts, four persons on board, sank in 11-52N 109-17E at 040650Z jan
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  40. HYDROPAC 43/212021-01-04 → 2021-01-22
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V dong cheng 7 in vicinity 13-14.4N 109-32.1E at 041311Z jan
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  41. HYDROPAC 36/212021-01-04 → 2021-01-22
    Distress signal received from vessel in vicinity 08-46-23N 109-04-08E at 040851Z jan
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  42. HYDROPAC 34/212021-01-04 → 2021-01-04
    Cancel HYDROPAC 32/21 and this msg, person rescued
    Gulf of Carpentaria · Australia-north Coast
  43. HYDROPAC 33/212021-01-04 → 2021-01-09
    Man overboard from F/V mulya jaring flay in vicinity 03-33.50S 106-45.50E at 030400Z jan
    Java Sea · Indonesia
  44. HYDROPAC 32/212021-01-04 → 2021-01-04
    Man overboard from vessel in vicinity 11-23.73S 136-59.13E at 040248Z jan
    Gulf of Carpentaria · Australia-north Coast
  45. HYDROPAC 31/212021-01-04 → 2021-01-04
    Man overboard from S/V bison in vicinity 11-22.80S 136-58.47E at 040005Z jan
    Gulf of Carpentaria · Australia-north Coast
  46. HYDROPAC 30/212021-01-04 → 2021-01-22
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 15-36.9N 142-51.6E at 032356Z jan
    Philippine Sea
  47. HYDROPAC 29/212021-01-04 → 2021-01-05
    F/V bd 97692 ts, seven persons on board, disabled and adrift due to damaged shaft in 17-17N 108-16E at…
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  48. HYDROPAC 28/212021-01-04 → 2021-01-04
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 10.4 meter S/V bison in vicinity 11-22.80S 136-58.47E at 040005Z jan
    Gulf of Carpentaria · Australia-north Coast
  49. HYDROPAC 26/212021-01-03 → 2021-01-22
    M/V al kamen 1, white and brown hull, five persons on board, unreported ash shhir port (14-44.7N 049-36.4E)…
    Arabian Sea · Gulf of Aden · Yemen
  50. HYDROPAC 23/212021-01-03 → 2021-01-06
    Man overboard from M/V sea fujiyama in vicinity of trackline joining 31-50.55S 078-25.60E at 021900Z jan and…
    Southern Indian Ocean

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