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. HYDROLANT 79/242024-01-11 → 2024-01-26
    Distress signal received from vessel in 18-42.50N 060-11.10W at 110042Z jan
    Western North Atlantic
  2. HYDROPAC 117/242024-01-10 → 2024-01-11
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 22-05.00S 175-21.00W
    South Pacific · Tonga
  3. HYDROLANT 72/242024-01-10 → 2024-01-26
    Seven meter F/V ouled chemal, blue hull, four persons on board, unreported
    Alboran Sea · Western Mediterranean Sea · Morocco
  4. HYDROPAC 109/242024-01-10 → 2024-01-11
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz at 100200Z jan in area between 21-30.00N 158-00.0W, 19-36.00N 155-30.0W
    Eastern North Pacific · Hawaii
  5. HYDROPAC 108/242024-01-10 → 2024-01-13
    Derelict liferaft adrift in 50-50.60S 077-06.00W
    Eastern South Pacific
  6. HYDROLANT 70/242024-01-10 → 2024-01-26
    Man overboard from vessel in 21-21.70N 021-00.30W at 100005Z jan
    Eastern North Atlantic
  7. HYDROLANT 69/242024-01-10 → 2024-01-11
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 18-41.60N 060-08.30W at 112246Z jan
    Western North Atlantic
  8. HYDROPAC 100/242024-01-09 → 2024-01-26
    Man overboard from F/V ephrayim in 11-06.00N 074-34.00E
    Arabian Sea · India · Lakshadweep
  9. HYDROLANT 62/242024-01-09 → 2024-01-26
    Man overboard from vessel in 25-16.54S 046-36.77W on 08 jan
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil
  10. HYDROPAC 96/242024-01-08 → 2024-01-09
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 19-21.10N 120-09.10W
    Eastern North Pacific
  11. HYDROLANT 56/242024-01-08 → 2024-01-11
    Derelict life boat capsized and adrift in 38-01.40S 014-03.90E at 080729Z jan
    Eastern South Atlantic
  12. HYDROPAC 84/242024-01-07 → 2024-01-07
    Cancel HYDROPAC 83/24 and this msg, persons rescued
    Indian Ocean
  13. HYDROPAC 83/242024-01-07 → 2024-01-07
    Man overboard from M/V minoas in vicinity of trackline joining 05-30.30S 080-50.60E, 05-58.40S 080-17.80E
    Indian Ocean
  14. HYDROPAC 81/242024-01-07 → 2024-01-07
    Man overboard from M/V minoas in vicinity 06-31.00S 079-39.00E
    Indian Ocean
  15. HYDROPAC 78/242024-01-07 → 2024-01-07
    Seven meter vessel, 12 persons on board, requesting assistance in 09-26.58S 143-07.11E at 070455Z jan
    Torres Strait · Papua New Guinea
  16. NAVAREA IV 24/242024-01-06 → 2024-01-06
    Cancel NAVAREA IV 21/24 and this msg, persons rescued
    Western North Atlantic · North Carolina
  17. HYDROLANT 51/242024-01-06 → 2024-01-26
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 72 foot F/V vally, black and yellow hull in 25-38.10N 088-07.00W at…
    Gulf of Mexico
  18. HYDROPAC 71/242024-01-06 → 2024-01-15
    F/V kh 91054 ts, 11 persons on board, disabled and adrift due to broken shaft in vicinity 07-20.00N…
    South China Sea
  19. HYDROPAC 66/242024-01-05 → 2024-01-05
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 44-01.00S 128-04.00E at 051217Z jan
    Southeastern Indian Ocean
  20. NAVAREA XII 3/242024-01-05 → 2024-01-26
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 01-10.70S 097-52.90W
    Eastern South Pacific
  21. NAVAREA IV 21/242024-01-05 → 2024-01-06
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 35-43.40N 074-15.20W at 051236Z jan
    Western North Atlantic · North Carolina
  22. HYDROLANT 31/242024-01-05 → 2024-01-19
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 42-30.00N 064-00.00W at 051019Z jan
    Western North Atlantic
  23. NAVAREA IV 20/242024-01-05 → 2024-01-05
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 42-30.00N 064-00.00W
    Western North Atlantic
  24. HYDROLANT 25/242024-01-04 → 2024-01-19
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 26-45.60N 066-33.33W
    Western North Atlantic
  25. HYDROPAC 45/242024-01-04 → 2024-01-04
    Distress signal received from F/V angelina c in 11-36.13S 134-02.53E at 040846Z jan
    Arafura Sea · Australia
  26. HYDROPAC 40/242024-01-04 → 2024-01-19
    Man overboard from F/V bv 95334 ts in 09-50.00N 107-33.00E at 031930Z jan
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  27. HYDROPAC 38/242024-01-03 → 2024-01-03
    Cancel HYDROPAC 4069/23 and this msg, search suspended
    North Pacific · Kiribati
  28. HYDROLANT 19/242024-01-03 → 2024-01-19
    Distress signal received from F/V patriot in 24-46.80N 079-41.40W
    Straits of Florida · Western North Atlantic · Bahamas · Florida
  29. HYDROLANT 16/242024-01-03 → 2024-01-19
    Distress signal received from vessel store bay in 19-25.80N 050-05.40W
    Western North Atlantic
  30. NAVAREA IV 10/242024-01-03 → 2024-01-19
    12 meter S/V carpe diem, one person on board, overdue
    Western Caribbean Sea · Nicaragua
  31. HYDROPAC 36/242024-01-03 → 2024-01-04
    Search and rescue training exercises 040001Z to 041600Z jan in area bound by 24-46.50N 066-54.00E, 24-46.50N…
    Arabian Sea · Pakistan
  32. HYDROLANT 13/242024-01-03 → 2024-01-19
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel in 46-20.00N 008-21.00W at 031002Z jan
    Eastern North Atlantic
  33. HYDROPAC 33/242024-01-03 → 2024-01-03
    Cancel HYDROPAC 4035/23 and this msg, search suspended
    Western South Pacific · Papua New Guinea
  34. HYDROPAC 25/242024-01-02 → 2024-01-02
    Cancel HYDROPAC 22/24 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Coral Sea · Australia
  35. HYDROPAC 22/242024-01-02 → 2024-01-02
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 44 foot S/V samphire in 13-24.27S 143-38.13E at 020937Z jan
    Coral Sea · Australia
  36. HYDROLANT 6/242024-01-02 → 2024-01-19
    Distress signal received from vessel in 40-36.00S 005-39.00W
    South Atlantic
  37. HYDROPAC 15/242024-01-02 → 2024-01-19
    F/V bt 93601 ts, five persons on board, unreported
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  38. HYDROPAC 14/242024-01-02 → 2024-01-02
    Distress signal received from vessel in 34-10.60S 172-02.20E
    Tasman Sea · New Zealand
  39. HYDROPAC 13/242024-01-02 → 2024-01-19
    F/V bd 98011 ts, four persons onboard, overdue
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  40. HYDROLANT 4/242024-01-02 → 2024-01-02
    Distress signal received in 40-36.00S 005-39.00E
    Eastern South Atlantic
  41. HYDROPAC 3/242024-01-01 → 2024-01-09
    F/V kh 00790 ts, two persons on board, sank in 12-32.76N 109-28.18E at 311500Z dec 23
    South China Sea · Vietnam

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