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. HYDROLANT 271/222022-01-28 → 2022-01-28
    Straits of florida
    Western North Atlantic
  2. HYDROLANT 270/222022-01-28 → 2022-02-18
    S/V capriole reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 16-12.1N 051-50.0W at 272256Z jan
    Western North Atlantic
  3. HYDROPAC 233/222022-01-28 → 2022-01-28
    F/V bd 98949 ts, five persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in 11-59N 114-50E at…
    South China Sea
  4. HYDROLANT 262/222022-01-28 → 2022-01-31
    Derelict liferaft, grey hull, adrift at 272030Z jan in vicinity of area bound by 24-16.2S 045-22.6W,…
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-south Coast
  5. HYDROPAC 221/222022-01-27 → 2022-01-27
    Cancel HYDROPAC 180/22 and this msg, search suspended
    Vitiaz Strait · Papua New Guinea
  6. HYDROLANT 247/222022-01-27 → 2022-02-18
    Persons overboard from vessel, capsized and adrift in vicinity 27-15.9N 079-29.7W
    Western North Atlantic · Florida
  7. HYDROPAC 220/222022-01-27 → 2022-01-28
    F/V bd 98949 ts, five persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in 12-09N 114-50E at…
    South China Sea
  8. HYDROLANT 240/222022-01-26 → 2022-01-28
    Straits of florida
    Western North Atlantic
  9. HYDROLANT 229/222022-01-25 → 2022-02-18
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 88 foot vessel tropical jet in 21-33.0N 072-16.9W
    Western North Atlantic · Turks and Caicos Islands
  10. HYDROPAC 211/222022-01-25 → 2022-01-25
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 21-31.80S 152-02.93E at 250424Z jan
    Coral Sea · Australia-northeast Coast
  11. HYDROPAC 196/222022-01-23 → 2022-02-04
    M/V harapan jaya capsized and adrift in vicinity 00-37.6S 105-34.4E at 21 jan
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  12. HYDROLANT 215/222022-01-23 → 2022-02-18
    F/V cuple reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 25-05.1N 015-34.1W at 231230Z jan
    Eastern North Atlantic · Western Sahara
  13. HYDROLANT 214/222022-01-23 → 2022-01-28
    24 foot F/V big bro, blue hull, two persons on board, overdue castries harbour (14-01N 60-59W) to st lucia…
    Eastern Caribbean Sea · Saint Lucia
  14. HYDROLANT 204/222022-01-22 → 2022-02-18
    Distress signal received from vessel, grey hull, 50 persons on board, in vicinity 33-54N 014-35E at 221527Z…
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  15. HYDROPAC 193/222022-01-22 → 2022-01-22
    Cancel HYDROPAC 171/22 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Bismarck Sea · Papua New Guinea
  16. HYDROPAC 192/222022-01-22 → 2022-02-11
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 04-08N 113-00W
    Eastern North Pacific
  17. HYDROPAC 191/222022-01-22 → 2022-02-11
    Man overboard from F/V na 90231 ts, four persons on board, in 18-53N 106-09E at 212230Z jan
    Gulf of Tonkin · Vietnam
  18. HYDROLANT 199/222022-01-22 → 2022-01-22
    Vessel carola, four persons on board, unreported
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-south Coast
  19. HYDROPAC 182/222022-01-21 → 2022-01-22
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 14-20.8S 161-57.1W
    South Pacific
  20. HYDROPAC 181/222022-01-21 → 2022-02-04
    Distress signal received from M/V km alpha in 01-17N 103-53.43E at 211640Z jan
    Singapore Strait · Singapore
  21. HYDROPAC 175/222022-01-21 → 2022-01-21
    Cancel HYDROPAC 169/22 and this msg, persons rescued
    Philippine Sea
  22. HYDROPAC 172/222022-01-21 → 2022-02-04
    F/V qna 90198 ts, 13 persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 15-33N 112-42E at…
    South China Sea
  23. HYDROPAC 171/222022-01-21 → 2022-01-22
    Seven meter vessel, white hull with orange stripe, nine persons on board, overdue bali island (04-54.0S…
    Bismarck Sea · Papua New Guinea
  24. HYDROPAC 167/222022-01-20 → 2022-02-04
    F/V maria pia sank in vicinity 13-37.7S 077-08.0W
    Eastern South Pacific · Peru
  25. NAVAREA XII 28/222022-01-20 → 2022-02-04
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 02-04N 109-50W
    Eastern North Pacific
  26. HYDROLANT 178/222022-01-19 → 2022-01-25
    Two persons missing from vessel cheguei in vicinity 17-51.3S 038-54.5W on 19 jan
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-east Coast
  27. HYDROPAC 152/222022-01-18 → 2022-02-04
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 43-51.0S 147-09.1E at 181247Z jan
    Western South Pacific · Tasmania
  28. HYDROPAC 151/222022-01-18 → 2022-02-04
    Man overboard from vessel in vicinity of 10-39.6N 107-46.3E at 172200Z jan
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  29. NAVAREA IV 49/222022-01-17 → 2022-02-04
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in position 33-30N 052-45W
    Western North Atlantic
  30. HYDROPAC 144/222022-01-17 → 2022-01-17
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from F/V shen lian cheng 710 in 06-55.53N 169-22.67E at 171654Z jan
    North Pacific · Marshall Islands
  31. HYDROLANT 141/222022-01-15 → 2022-02-04
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V horizon thetis in 39-53.5N 061-28.4W
    Western North Atlantic
  32. HYDROPAC 124/222022-01-15 → 2022-01-18
    Derelict vessel M/V hai zhi LV01 capsized and adrift in vicinity 21-43.0N 114-13.3E at 150500Z jan
    South China Sea · China
  33. NAVAREA IV 44/222022-01-15 → 2022-01-15
    Cancel NAVAREA IV 43/22 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Caribbean Sea · Aruba
  34. NAVAREA IV 43/222022-01-14 → 2022-01-15
    44 foot S/V breeze, blue hull, one person on board, overdue
    Caribbean Sea · Aruba
  35. HYDROPAC 112/222022-01-14 → 2022-01-28
    Distress signal received from vessel smiles in 16-12N 101-42W
    Eastern North Pacific · Mexico
  36. HYDROPAC 106/222022-01-13 → 2022-01-28
    38 foot F/V nithin putha, yellow and blue hull, four persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine…
    Northern Indian Ocean · Sri Lanka
  37. HYDROLANT 117/222022-01-13 → 2022-01-28
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from F/V dorada cruz in 26-18.2N 96-14.0W at 130335Z jan
    Gulf of Mexico · Texas
  38. NAVAREA XII 10/222022-01-12 → 2022-01-28
    Man overboard from vessel in 07-59.2N 079-21.9W
    Gulf of Panama · Panama
  39. HYDROPAC 101/222022-01-12 → 2022-01-28
    Distress signal received from M/V voc batavia in 02-21.4N 105-19.22E at 120800Z jan
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  40. HYDROPAC 92/222022-01-11 → 2022-01-28
    Dinghy, two persons on board, unreported
    Arabian Sea · India
  41. HYDROPAC 89/222022-01-10 → 2022-01-28
    38 foot F/V imul, yellow and blue hull, six persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in…
    Bay of Bengal · Sri Lanka
  42. HYDROPAC 88/222022-01-10 → 2022-01-28
    F/V christ the king, green hull, ten persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 11-21N…
    Arabian Sea · India
  43. HYDROPAC 81/222022-01-09 → 2022-01-10
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel, one person onboard, in 33-58.93S 151-21.27E at 092159Z jan
    Tasman Sea · Australia-east Coast
  44. HYDROPAC 80/222022-01-09 → 2022-01-09
    Cancel HYDROPAC 76/22 and this msg, person rescued
    Solomon Sea · Vitiaz Strait · Papua New Guinea
  45. HYDROPAC 76/222022-01-09 → 2022-01-09
    Man overboard from M/V spirit of hela in vicinity of trackline joining 05-49.0S 147-36.0E, 07-01.5S…
    Solomon Sea · Vitiaz Strait · Papua New Guinea
  46. HYDROPAC 74/222022-01-08 → 2022-01-28
    Six meter vessel, blue and white hull, two persons on board, overdue in vicinity 12-35S 045-07E on 07 jan
    Mozambique Channel · Comoros (mayotte)
  47. HYDROPAC 73/222022-01-08 → 2022-01-08
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 13-49S 171-45W
    South Pacific · Samoa
  48. HYDROLANT 76/222022-01-08 → 2022-01-28
    Vessel, 15 persons on board, disabled and adrift in vicinity 38-10N 008-50E
    Western Mediterranean Sea · Sardinia
  49. HYDROPAC 68/222022-01-07 → 2022-01-10
    Derelict F/V star city 01, blue and white hull, capsized and adrift in vicinity 12-50N 086-50E at 060600Z jan
    Bay of Bengal
  50. HYDROPAC 55/222022-01-07 → 2022-01-21
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 01-04.30N 103-52.48E at 070423Z jan
    South China Sea · Indonesia

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