Distress & casualty cases (archived) in 2022

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 2022
1,422
still in force
0
vs 2021
+18%
first · last
01-01 · 12-31

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By NAVAREA series

  • HYDROPAC887
  • HYDROLANT460
  • NAVAREA IV47
  • NAVAREA XII23
  • HYDROARC5

Where · top seas

North Atlantic Ocean25927%
South China Sea23424%
North Pacific Ocean11412%
Indian Ocean909%
South Pacific Ocean626%
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin505%
South Atlantic Ocean455%
Coral Sea414%
Gulf of Mexico404%
Arabian Sea394%

All distress & casualty cases (archived) issued in 2022 · 1,422

  1. HYDROPAC 2456/222022-09-06 → 2022-09-06
    Cancel HYDROPAC 2444/22 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Bismarck Sea · Vitiaz Strait · Papua New Guinea
  2. HYDROPAC 2444/222022-09-05 → 2022-09-06
    Seven meter vessel, nine persons on board, overdue madang (05-14.00S 145-47.00E) to manus island (02-06.00S…
    Bismarck Sea · Vitiaz Strait · Papua New Guinea
  3. HYDROPAC 2442/222022-09-04 → 2022-09-06
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 14 meter S/V aviva, two persons on board, taking on water in…
    Western South Pacific
  4. HYDROPAC 2438/222022-09-04 → 2022-09-05
    F/V py 90360 ts, five persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in vicinity 10-44.00N…
    South China Sea
  5. HYDROPAC 2435/222022-09-04 → 2022-09-16
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel yusei maru 8 in 12-27.00N 131-24.00E at 040431Z sep
    Philippine Sea
  6. HYDROPAC 2434/222022-09-04 → 2022-09-16
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel queen isabella 88 in 04-55.00N 141-08.00E at 040521Z sep
    Western North Pacific
  7. HYDROPAC 2433/222022-09-04 → 2022-09-09
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 12-27.00N 131-24.00E at 040427Z sep
    Philippine Sea
  8. HYDROPAC 2424/222022-09-03 → 2022-09-03
    Cancel HYDROPAC 2421/22 and this msg, vessel located safe
    North Pacific
  9. HYDROPAC 2421/222022-09-02 → 2022-09-03
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V oakland express in 46-39.58N 163-16.62E at 021851Z sep
    North Pacific
  10. HYDROPAC 2418/222022-09-02 → 2022-09-03
    F/V madumatha 01, blue and white hull, five persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in…
    Northern Indian Ocean
  11. HYDROPAC 2417/222022-09-02 → 2022-09-23
    Six meter F/V, six to eight persons on board, overdue from comoros islands (12-16.00S 044-17.00E)
    Mozambique Channel · Comoros
  12. HYDROPAC 2413/222022-09-02 → 2022-09-02
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 20-01.50S 148-28.90E at 020928Z sep
    Coral Sea · Australia
  13. HYDROPAC 2412/222022-09-02 → 2022-09-02
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 27-39.60S 113-06.50E at 020728Z sep
    Eastern Indian Ocean · Australia
  14. HYDROPAC 2409/222022-09-02 → 2022-09-16
    Distress signal received from M/V cape tempest in 10-51.44S 134-45.62W
    Eastern South Pacific
  15. HYDROLANT 2179/222022-09-02 → 2022-09-16
    Fire reported on vessel in vicinity 45-00.60N 045-34.00W
    Western North Atlantic
  16. NAVAREA IV 885/222022-09-02 → 2022-09-02
    Fire reported on vessel in vicinity 45-00.60N 045-34.00W
    Western North Atlantic
  17. HYDROLANT 2174/222022-09-01 → 2022-09-16
    Four persons missing from vessel bencao de deus in vicinity 18-48.35S 039-01.50W on 26 aug
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil
  18. HYDROPAC 2402/222022-09-01 → 2022-09-16
    Six meter F/V, white hull, one person on board, overdue moroni port (11-41.93S 043-15.35E) and return
    Mozambique Channel · Comoros
  19. HYDROLANT 2166/222022-09-01 → 2022-09-16
    Vessel, 60 persons on board, unreported
    Eastern North Atlantic · Morocco
  20. HYDROARC 253/222022-09-01 → 2022-09-16
    Six meter vessel, white hull, two persons on board, unreported nizhneyansk (71-26.00N 136-04.00E) to bolshoy…
    East Siberian Sea · Laptev Sea · Russia
  21. HYDROLANT 2164/222022-09-01 → 2022-09-16
    Vessel, 80 persons on board, disabled and adrift in vicinity 31-26.00N 017-34.00E at 310716Z aug
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  22. HYDROPAC 2397/222022-09-01 → 2022-09-16
    F/V janith putha, six persons on board, adrift due to engine failure in 02-43.00N 066-08.00E at 310330Z aug
    Northwestern Indian Ocean
  23. HYDROPAC 2396/222022-09-01 → 2022-09-16
    F/V randhi 03, yellow and green and red hull, six persons onboard, adrift due to engine failure in 05-58.80N…
    Bay of Bengal · Sri Lanka
  24. HYDROPAC 2395/222022-09-01 → 2022-09-16
    Ifb yagappa, 14 persons on board, adrift in 12-41.00N 072-17.00E at 291600Z aug
    Arabian Sea
  25. HYDROLANT 2163/222022-09-01 → 2022-09-16
    Aircraft distress signal received on 406 mhz in 54-46.70N 018-25.50W or 54-48.50N 018-30.80W at 201048Z aug
    Eastern North Atlantic
  26. HYDROLANT 2156/222022-08-31 → 2022-09-16
    S/V isabelle II, two persons on board, overdue la coruna (43-21.44N 008-24.41W) to belle ile island…
    Bay of Biscay · Spain To France
  27. HYDROPAC 2390/222022-08-31 → 2022-09-16
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 12-04.00N 139-55.00E at 310730Z aug
    Philippine Sea
  28. HYDROLANT 2151/222022-08-30 → 2022-09-16
    Canoe el hadji mansour ndiaye, blue and white hull, overdue
    Eastern North Atlantic · The Gambia
  29. HYDROPAC 2380/222022-08-30 → 2022-09-16
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 00-30.20N 105-49.20E
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  30. HYDROPAC 2378/222022-08-30 → 2022-09-16
    Distress signal received from F/V vishnu in 13-30.00N 073-33.00E
    Arabian Sea · India
  31. HYDROLANT 2143/222022-08-30 → 2022-09-16
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 30-21.67N 080-13.40W
    Western North Atlantic · Florida
  32. HYDROLANT 2139/222022-08-30 → 2022-09-16
    Texas DNC 15
    Gulf of Mexico
  33. HYDROPAC 2376/222022-08-29 → 2022-09-16
    South korea DNC 23, DNC 24
    Western North Pacific · Yellow Sea
  34. HYDROPAC 2372/222022-08-29 → 2022-09-16
    F/V bth 97478TS, 15 persons on board, sank
    South China Sea
  35. HYDROLANT 2128/222022-08-28 → 2022-09-16
    Man overboard from 13 meter S/V fancy dancers, white hull, in vicinity 37-22.00N 011-00.00E
    Strait of Sicily · Western Mediterranean Sea · Tunisia
  36. HYDROPAC 2369/222022-08-28 → 2022-09-16
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 04-40.44N 108-42.24E at 280850Z aug
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  37. HYDROPAC 2367/222022-08-28 → 2022-08-29
    Man overboard from M/V berge rishiri in vicinity of trackline joining 46-31.13S 170-10.63E at 262000Z aug…
    Western South Pacific · New Zealand
  38. HYDROLANT 2124/222022-08-27 → 2022-09-02
    One person missing from wrecked jet ski in vicinity 04-06.00S 038-08.90W
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil
  39. HYDROLANT 2123/222022-08-27 → 2022-09-02
    13 meter S/V fancy dancer, white hull, one person on board, overdue sardinia (39-45.17N 008-22.45E) to…
    Mediterranean Sea · Strait of Sicily · Sardinia To Tunisia
  40. HYDROLANT 2122/222022-08-27 → 2022-09-16
    Vessel, unknown persons on board, requesting assistance in vicinity of 39-00.00N 008-00.00E
    Western Mediterranean Sea · Sardinia
  41. HYDROPAC 2362/222022-08-27 → 2022-09-16
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 03-24.00N 164-15.00E at 271355Z aug
    North Pacific
  42. HYDROLANT 2119/222022-08-27 → 2022-09-16
    M/V minanur cebi 1 reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 16-52.00S 036-38.00W on 27 aug
    Western South Atlantic
  43. HYDROPAC 2360/222022-08-27 → 2022-09-07
    Vessel km sidarahayu 3, 14 persons on board, capsized in 05-17.16S 107-48.50E
    Java Sea · Indonesia
  44. HYDROPAC 2359/222022-08-27 → 2022-08-27
    Cancel HYDROPAC 2313/22 and this msg, search suspended
    Vitiaz Strait · Papua New Guinea
  45. HYDROLANT 2115/222022-08-26 → 2022-09-16
    Four meter vessel aabir, blue hull, three persons on board, unreported cala iris, morocco (35-09.06N…
    Alboran Sea · Morocco
  46. HYDROPAC 2354/222022-08-26 → 2022-09-16
    F/V zumaya dous reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 30-17.00S 042-15.00E at 261500Z aug
    Southwestern Indian Ocean
  47. HYDROLANT 2110/222022-08-26 → 2022-09-09
    Vessel, seven persons on board, disabled and adrift in vicinity 35-00.00N 035-00.00E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Cyprus
  48. HYDROLANT 2109/222022-08-26 → 2022-08-26
    Vessel, seven persons on board, disabled and adrift in vicinity 35-00.00S 035-00.00E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Cyprus
  49. HYDROPAC 2350/222022-08-26 → 2022-09-09
    F/V ht 20231 ts, five persons on board, flooding and disabled in 18-48.00N 106-27.00E at 260200Z aug
    Gulf of Tonkin · Vietnam
  50. HYDROPAC 2340/222022-08-25 → 2022-08-26
    Vessel wiratama 2001 unreported
    South China Sea · Malaysia

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