Distress & casualty cases (archived) in 2024

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 2024
441
still in force
0
vs 2023
-69%
first · last
01-01 · 11-19

Coverage note: the NGA archive ends 2024-05 and live collection began 2026-08-17. Warnings issued in between are here only if they were still in force when collection started, so this year is under-counted.

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By NAVAREA series

  • HYDROPAC285
  • HYDROLANT127
  • NAVAREA IV20
  • NAVAREA XII9

Where · top seas

North Atlantic Ocean7524%
South China Sea6721%
North Pacific Ocean4213%
Bay of Bengal227%
Coral Sea206%
Indian Ocean196%
South Atlantic Ocean196%
South Pacific Ocean186%
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin186%
Gulf of Mexico134%

All distress & casualty cases (archived) issued in 2024 · 441

  1. HYDROPAC 644/242024-02-25 → 2024-03-15
    F/V laira, ten persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in vicinity 17-00.00N 065-00.00E
    Arabian Sea
  2. HYDROPAC 641/242024-02-25 → 2024-03-01
    23 foot vessel, nine persons on board, overdue wewak (03-33.28S 143-37.73E) to wuvulu island (01-45.21S…
    Bismarck Sea · Western South Pacific · Papua New Guinea
  3. HYDROLANT 391/242024-02-25 → 2024-02-25
    Distress signal received from 40 foot S/V eye of the wind in 28-54.60N 065-28.20W at 250610Z feb
    Western North Atlantic
  4. HYDROPAC 638/242024-02-25 → 2024-02-25
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 19-51.27S 174-25.20W
    South Pacific · Tonga
  5. HYDROPAC 636/242024-02-24 → 2024-03-15
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 37-20.60N 133-36.20W
    Eastern North Pacific
  6. HYDROPAC 631/242024-02-24 → 2024-03-15
    Distress signal received from six meter M/V on 406 mhz in vicinity 12-04.50S 131-18.70E at 232305Z feb
    Timor Sea · Australia
  7. HYDROPAC 630/242024-02-24 → 2024-03-15
    Seven meter M/V, blue hull, seven persons on board, overdue at 240002Z feb along trackline joining 10-15.15S…
    Coral Sea · Solomon Islands
  8. HYDROPAC 621/242024-02-23 → 2024-03-04
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 17-06.00N 149-45.00E at 231014Z feb
    Western North Pacific
  9. HYDROPAC 617/242024-02-23 → 2024-03-15
    F/V QNG-11126 ts sank in 15-17.63N 108-58.90E due to collision with M/V trung thang 568
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  10. NAVAREA XII 93/242024-02-21 → 2024-03-08
    Eastern north pacific distress signal received on 406 mhz in 25-42.50N 128-18.10W
  11. HYDROPAC 608/242024-02-21 → 2024-02-21
    Cancel HYDROPAC 555/24 and this msg, search suspended
    Halmahera Sea · Indonesia
  12. HYDROLANT 363/242024-02-21 → 2024-03-08
    F/V kings bay reports person onboard with suspected heart attack in 54-17.36N 015-40.42W
    Eastern North Atlantic
  13. HYDROLANT 361/242024-02-20 → 2024-03-08
    Vessel disabled and adrift, 35 persons on board in vicinity 33-36.00N 012-01.00E at 201715Z feb
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya · Tunisia
  14. HYDROPAC 595/242024-02-20 → 2024-02-23
    Derelict vessel capsized and adrift in 34-18.90S 027-37.50E
    Southwestern Indian Ocean · South Africa
  15. HYDROLANT 357/242024-02-20 → 2024-02-22
    M/V ambition requesting medical assistance in 24-24.20N 047-14.80W at 201210Z feb
    Western North Atlantic
  16. HYDROLANT 348/242024-02-19 → 2024-03-08
    Five persons overboard from canoe serigne babacar, five persons on board, in vicinity 12-40.00N 017-30.00W…
    Eastern North Atlantic · Senegal
  17. HYDROPAC 571/242024-02-18 → 2024-02-18
    Cancel HYDROPAC 544/24 and this msg, search suspended
    Bismarck Sea · Western South Pacific · Papua New Guinea
  18. HYDROLANT 345/242024-02-18 → 2024-03-08
    Vessel, white hull, three persons on board, disabled and adrift in vicinity 33-48.00N 011-52.00E at 162200Z…
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  19. HYDROPAC 563/242024-02-17 → 2024-03-04
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 04-13.30N 139-58.50E at 171953Z feb
    Western North Pacific
  20. HYDROPAC 562/242024-02-17 → 2024-03-08
    30 foot S/V triteia, blue hull, one person on board, unreported
    Tasman Sea
  21. HYDROPAC 561/242024-02-17 → 2024-03-08
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 13-31.40S 143-36.50E at 171122Z feb
    Coral Sea · Australia
  22. HYDROPAC 555/242024-02-16 → 2024-02-21
    Man overboard from M/V km sinabung at 141100Z feb in vicinity 00-56.85S 129-30.00E
    Halmahera Sea · Indonesia
  23. HYDROPAC 544/242024-02-16 → 2024-02-18
    Seven meter vessel, white hull with orange stripe, five persons on board, overdue purdy islands (02-41.39S…
    Bismarck Sea · Western South Pacific · Papua New Guinea
  24. HYDROPAC 541/242024-02-16 → 2024-03-08
    Fisherman missing from F/V bl 91515 ts in 08-24.00N 105-05.00E at 152100Z feb
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  25. HYDROPAC 539/242024-02-16 → 2024-02-16
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from S/V andromeda in vicinity 13-57.60S 144-34.53E at 160001Z feb
    Coral Sea · Australia
  26. HYDROPAC 531/242024-02-15 → 2024-02-15
    Distress signal received from vessel koan in 08-19.74S 131-31.98E at 141725Z feb
    Arafura Sea · Indonesia
  27. HYDROPAC 526/242024-02-14 → 2024-03-01
    F/V bv 97209 ts, 11 persons on board, sank in 09-13.0N 173-18.0E at 140600Z feb
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  28. HYDROPAC 501/242024-02-13 → 2024-03-01
    Man overboard from F/V bt 93012 ts in 08-25.00N 104-56.00E
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  29. HYDROLANT 301/242024-02-12 → 2024-03-01
    50 foot S/V shipyard brewing, white hull with blue trim, one person on board, dismasted and adrift in…
    Western South Atlantic
  30. HYDROPAC 493/242024-02-12 → 2024-02-15
    50 meter derelict vessel capsized and adrift in 28-01.24N 155-28.63W at 112057Z feb
    Eastern North Pacific
  31. HYDROPAC 491/242024-02-11 → 2024-02-12
    Man overboard from M/V cape green in 18-15.20S 153-39.10E at 110045Z feb
    Coral Sea
  32. HYDROPAC 490/242024-02-11 → 2024-02-13
    Seven meter vessel, yellow hull, three persons on board, overdue bagabag island (04-47.10S 146-15.40E) to…
    Bismarck Sea · Papua New Guinea
  33. HYDROPAC 487/242024-02-10 → 2024-02-14
    40 foot F/V senuki duwa, yellow and white hull, six persons onboard, disabled and adrift due to engine…
    Bay of Bengal
  34. HYDROPAC 484/242024-02-10 → 2024-03-01
    Distress signal received in vicinity 06-21.85N 103-47.22E at 100310Z feb
    South China Sea · Malaysia
  35. HYDROLANT 287/242024-02-09 → 2024-02-23
    16 meter F/V mabinty 8, green hull, one person on board overdue
    Eastern North Atlantic · Liberia
  36. HYDROLANT 286/242024-02-09 → 2024-02-23
    16 meter F/V mabinty 7, green hull, one person on board overdue
    Eastern North Atlantic · Liberia
  37. NAVAREA XII 67/242024-02-08 → 2024-02-09
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 38-19.00N 128-44.40W
    Eastern North Pacific
  38. NAVAREA XII 66/242024-02-08 → 2024-02-09
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 14-45.00N 123-00.00W
    Eastern North Pacific
  39. HYDROLANT 267/242024-02-08 → 2024-02-23
    Two vessels requesting assistance in vicinity 38-00.00N 009-00.00E
    Western Mediterranean Sea · Tunisia
  40. HYDROPAC 463/242024-02-08 → 2024-02-08
    Cancel HYDROPAC 461/24 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Solomon Sea · Solomon Islands
  41. HYDROPAC 461/242024-02-08 → 2024-02-08
    Seven meter vessel, white and orange hull, 14 persons on board, overdue mono island (07-21.1S 155-33.1E) to…
    Solomon Sea · Solomon Islands
  42. HYDROPAC 457/242024-02-07 → 2024-02-23
    Distress signal received from vessel in 01-59.10N 104-44.00E at 071433Z feb
    South China Sea · Malaysia
  43. HYDROPAC 453/242024-02-07 → 2024-02-08
    F/V, white and blue hull, three persons on board, overdue hikkaduwa (06-08.83N 080-06.62E) and return
    Northern Indian Ocean · Sri Lanka
  44. HYDROPAC 447/242024-02-06 → 2024-02-23
    F/V king, 11 persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 06-40.30N 068-40.40E
    Arabian Sea
  45. HYDROPAC 435/242024-02-05 → 2024-02-15
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 09-15.00N 132-11.00E
    Philippine Sea
  46. HYDROPAC 423/242024-02-05 → 2024-02-23
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V spyros V in 08-20.00N 086-02.00W
    Eastern North Pacific
  47. HYDROPAC 422/242024-02-04 → 2024-02-05
    F/V, white and blue hull, three persons on board, overdue
    Northern Indian Ocean · Sri Lanka
  48. HYDROLANT 248/242024-02-04 → 2024-02-23
    Vessel, 32 persons on board, adrift in 34-12.20N 018-17.40E at 040315Z feb
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea
  49. NAVAREA XII 54/242024-02-04 → 2024-02-04
    Distress signal received from vessel in vicinity 21-00.00N 158-00.00W at 032239Z feb
    Eastern North Pacific · Hawaii
  50. HYDROPAC 420/242024-02-03 → 2024-02-04
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from five meter vessel, black hull, three persons on board, in vicinity…
    Coral Sea · Australia

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