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 276/242024-01-24 → 2024-01-24
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V mpv thalia in 05-58.00N 089-08.00E at 240448Z jan
    Bay of Bengal
  2. HYDROLANT 180/242024-01-24 → 2024-02-09
    Distress signal received from vessel in 19-04.90N 074-30.40W
    Caribbean Sea · Haiti
  3. HYDROLANT 179/242024-01-24 → 2024-02-09
    Vessel sao francisco 36, four persons onboard, unreported
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil
  4. HYDROPAC 271/242024-01-23 → 2024-01-24
    Seven meter vessel, white hull with orange stripe, six persons on board, overdue karkar island (04-36.00S…
    Bismarck Sea · Papua New Guinea
  5. HYDROPAC 269/242024-01-23 → 2024-02-09
    Man overboard from M/V mt sanmar santoor between 17-57.00N 084-59.90E and 20-08.00N 087-02.00E at 221240Z jan
    Bay of Bengal · India
  6. HYDROPAC 266/242024-01-22 → 2024-01-23
    F/V bth 97353 ts, 15 persons on board, requesting assistance in 10-31.85N 108-39.55E
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  7. HYDROPAC 261/242024-01-22 → 2024-01-24
    M/V putra sumber mas, 15 persons on board, unreported
    Java Sea · Indonesia
  8. HYDROPAC 260/242024-01-22 → 2024-02-09
    Vessel lct bora V, 16 persons on board, orange hull, taking on water in 02-13.80N 125-26.20E on 21 jan
    Molucca Sea · Indonesia
  9. HYDROLANT 168/242024-01-22 → 2024-02-16
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from kayak kraken in 17-29.00N 050-27.34W at 220500Z jan
    Western North Atlantic
  10. HYDROPAC 257/242024-01-22 → 2024-01-22
    Cancel HYDROPAC 236/24 and this msg, search suspended
    Bay of Bengal
  11. HYDROPAC 256/242024-01-21 → 2024-02-09
    Six meter F/V mariziki 1, white and brown hull, two persons onboard, overdue
    Mozambique Channel · Mayotte
  12. HYDROPAC 255/242024-01-21 → 2024-02-09
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel in 35-01.07N 121-24.60W
    Eastern North Pacific · California
  13. HYDROPAC 254/242024-01-21 → 2024-02-09
    Man overboard from M/V empress in 18-47.00N 071-47.50E at 201838Z jan
    Arabian Sea · India
  14. NAVAREA IV 68/242024-01-21 → 2024-02-09
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V petra in vicinity 06-18.0N 055-25.0W at 210831Z jan
    Western North Atlantic · Suriname
  15. HYDROPAC 253/242024-01-21 → 2024-01-21
    Cancel HYDROPAC 248/24 and this msg, search suspended
    Eastern North Pacific
  16. HYDROLANT 164/242024-01-20 → 2024-02-09
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 08-16.61N 053-16.31W at 202006Z jan
    Western North Atlantic
  17. HYDROPAC 248/242024-01-20 → 2024-01-21
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 28-02.50N 142-04.10W at 191809Z jan
    Eastern North Pacific
  18. HYDROPAC 244/242024-01-19 → 2024-01-19
    Cancel HYDROPAC 223/24 and this msg, person rescued
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  19. HYDROPAC 243/242024-01-19 → 2024-01-19
    Cancel HYDROPAC 160/24 and this msg, search suspended
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  20. HYDROPAC 236/242024-01-19 → 2024-01-22
    Man overboard from M/V zim rotterdam in 05-53.10N 092-15.60E
    Bay of Bengal
  21. HYDROLANT 155/242024-01-19 → 2024-01-19
    Distress signal received from vessel in 51-41.50N 021-04.70W at 190856Z jan
    Eastern North Atlantic
  22. HYDROPAC 229/242024-01-19 → 2024-01-22
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel in 03-27.00N 081-39.00E at 190730Z jan
    Northern Indian Ocean
  23. HYDROPAC 225/242024-01-19 → 2024-02-02
    F/V qb 98298 ts, seven persons on board, disabled and adrift in 16-05.00N 108-58.00E at 171400Z jan
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  24. HYDROPAC 223/242024-01-19 → 2024-01-19
    Man overboard from M/V vu dinh 09, 12 persons on board, in 11-38.00N 109-14.00E at 182100Z jan
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  25. HYDROPAC 220/242024-01-18 → 2024-01-18
    Cancel HYDROPAC 218/24 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Coral Sea
  26. HYDROPAC 218/242024-01-18 → 2024-01-18
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from F/V lu rong yuan yu 889 in vicinity 13-10.60S 151-30.50E at 182204Z…
    Coral Sea
  27. HYDROLANT 147/242024-01-18 → 2024-02-02
    Distress signal received from 27 foot vessel, green hull, in 32-06.50N 078-59.10W
    Western North Atlantic · South Carolina
  28. HYDROLANT 146/242024-01-18 → 2024-02-02
    Vessel partially submerged and adrift in 33-05.83N 078-40.06W
    Western North Atlantic · South Carolina
  29. HYDROPAC 209/242024-01-17 → 2024-01-31
    33 foot S/V supertramp, white hull, unreported from vanuatu to hawaii
    North Pacific
  30. HYDROLANT 132/242024-01-17 → 2024-01-17
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 36-06.60N 051-03.53W
    Western North Atlantic
  31. HYDROPAC 201/242024-01-17 → 2024-01-19
    F/V qb 98896 ts, eight persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 16-37.00N 109-02.00E…
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  32. HYDROPAC 193/242024-01-16 → 2024-02-02
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V chang shun 6 in 00-57.00S 110-18.00W
    Eastern South Pacific
  33. HYDROPAC 190/242024-01-16 → 2024-01-19
    Man overboard from M/V zim rotterdam in 05-45.00N 092-01.00E
    Northern Indian Ocean
  34. HYDROLANT 120/242024-01-16 → 2024-02-02
    Distress signal received from vessel sea wolf in 23-32.00N 072-56.00W
    Western North Atlantic · Bahamas
  35. HYDROLANT 119/242024-01-16 → 2024-02-02
    Vessel, 40 persons on board, requesting assistance in vicinity 35-00.00N 013-00.00E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Lampedusa
  36. HYDROPAC 161/242024-01-15 → 2024-01-15
    Cancel HYDROPAC 156/24 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Bismarck Sea · Papua New Guinea
  37. HYDROPAC 160/242024-01-15 → 2024-01-19
    Man overboard from vessel km sumber mandiri in 01-30.30N 104-59.95E
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  38. HYDROPAC 156/242024-01-14 → 2024-01-15
    Nine meter banana boat, 16 persons on board, overdue manus island (02-13.96S 146-29.46E) to wewak (03-33.75S…
    Bismarck Sea · Papua New Guinea
  39. HYDROPAC 154/242024-01-14 → 2024-02-02
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 34-16.60N 123-18.80W
    Eastern North Pacific
  40. HYDROPAC 152/242024-01-13 → 2024-01-13
    Cancel HYDROPAC 148/24 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Coral Sea · Australia
  41. HYDROPAC 150/242024-01-13 → 2024-02-02
    F/V cap sainte marie reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 00-06.25N 065-53.24E
    Northwestern Indian Ocean
  42. HYDROPAC 149/242024-01-13 → 2024-01-16
    Man overboard from vessel F/V tg 92163 ts in 10-17.00N 106-53.00E at 130600Z jan
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  43. HYDROPAC 148/242024-01-13 → 2024-01-13
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 24-20.07S 152-36.73E
    Coral Sea · Australia
  44. HYDROLANT 97/242024-01-12 → 2024-02-02
    Distress signal received in 41-23.50N 059-03.02W
    Western North Atlantic
  45. HYDROPAC 141/242024-01-12 → 2024-02-02
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 10-16.10N 134-04.10E
    Philippine Sea
  46. HYDROLANT 96/242024-01-12 → 2024-02-02
    Distress signal received in 42-28.00N 059-21.50W
    Western North Atlantic
  47. HYDROLANT 95/242024-01-12 → 2024-01-16
    Wooden boat with 40 persons on board in 36-00.00N 013-00.00E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Sicily
  48. HYDROPAC 133/242024-01-12 → 2024-01-14
    Fisherman missing from vessel in 11-09.00N 108-46.00E at 102100Z jan
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  49. HYDROPAC 125/242024-01-11 → 2024-01-11
    Distress signal received 406 mhz in 18-07.60N 106-54.00E at 110716Z jan
    Gulf of Tonkin · Vietnam
  50. HYDROPAC 122/242024-01-11 → 2024-01-26
    F/V safvan, 13 persons on board, sinking in 10-40.00N 075-33.00E
    Arabian Sea · India

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