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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- HYDROPAC285
- HYDROLANT127
- NAVAREA IV20
- NAVAREA XII9
Where · top seas
All distress & casualty cases (archived) issued in 2024 · 441
- HYDROLANT 79/242024-01-11 → 2024-01-26Distress signal received from vessel in 18-42.50N 060-11.10W at 110042Z janWestern North Atlantic
- HYDROPAC 117/242024-01-10 → 2024-01-11Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 22-05.00S 175-21.00WSouth Pacific · Tonga
- HYDROLANT 72/242024-01-10 → 2024-01-26Seven meter F/V ouled chemal, blue hull, four persons on board, unreportedAlboran Sea · Western Mediterranean Sea · Morocco
- HYDROPAC 109/242024-01-10 → 2024-01-11Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz at 100200Z jan in area between 21-30.00N 158-00.0W, 19-36.00N 155-30.0WEastern North Pacific · Hawaii
- HYDROPAC 108/242024-01-10 → 2024-01-13Derelict liferaft adrift in 50-50.60S 077-06.00WEastern South Pacific
- HYDROLANT 70/242024-01-10 → 2024-01-26Man overboard from vessel in 21-21.70N 021-00.30W at 100005Z janEastern North Atlantic
- HYDROLANT 69/242024-01-10 → 2024-01-11Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 18-41.60N 060-08.30W at 112246Z janWestern North Atlantic
- HYDROPAC 100/242024-01-09 → 2024-01-26Man overboard from F/V ephrayim in 11-06.00N 074-34.00EArabian Sea · India · Lakshadweep
- HYDROLANT 62/242024-01-09 → 2024-01-26Man overboard from vessel in 25-16.54S 046-36.77W on 08 janWestern South Atlantic · Brazil
- HYDROPAC 96/242024-01-08 → 2024-01-09Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 19-21.10N 120-09.10WEastern North Pacific
- HYDROLANT 56/242024-01-08 → 2024-01-11Derelict life boat capsized and adrift in 38-01.40S 014-03.90E at 080729Z janEastern South Atlantic
- HYDROPAC 84/242024-01-07 → 2024-01-07Cancel HYDROPAC 83/24 and this msg, persons rescuedIndian Ocean
- HYDROPAC 83/242024-01-07 → 2024-01-07Man overboard from M/V minoas in vicinity of trackline joining 05-30.30S 080-50.60E, 05-58.40S 080-17.80EIndian Ocean
- HYDROPAC 81/242024-01-07 → 2024-01-07Man overboard from M/V minoas in vicinity 06-31.00S 079-39.00EIndian Ocean
- HYDROPAC 78/242024-01-07 → 2024-01-07Seven meter vessel, 12 persons on board, requesting assistance in 09-26.58S 143-07.11E at 070455Z janTorres Strait · Papua New Guinea
- NAVAREA IV 24/242024-01-06 → 2024-01-06Cancel NAVAREA IV 21/24 and this msg, persons rescuedWestern North Atlantic · North Carolina
- HYDROLANT 51/242024-01-06 → 2024-01-26Distress 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
- HYDROPAC 71/242024-01-06 → 2024-01-15F/V kh 91054 ts, 11 persons on board, disabled and adrift due to broken shaft in vicinity 07-20.00N…South China Sea
- HYDROPAC 66/242024-01-05 → 2024-01-05Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 44-01.00S 128-04.00E at 051217Z janSoutheastern Indian Ocean
- NAVAREA XII 3/242024-01-05 → 2024-01-26Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 01-10.70S 097-52.90WEastern South Pacific
- NAVAREA IV 21/242024-01-05 → 2024-01-06Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 35-43.40N 074-15.20W at 051236Z janWestern North Atlantic · North Carolina
- HYDROLANT 31/242024-01-05 → 2024-01-19Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 42-30.00N 064-00.00W at 051019Z janWestern North Atlantic
- NAVAREA IV 20/242024-01-05 → 2024-01-05Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 42-30.00N 064-00.00WWestern North Atlantic
- HYDROLANT 25/242024-01-04 → 2024-01-19Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 26-45.60N 066-33.33WWestern North Atlantic
- HYDROPAC 45/242024-01-04 → 2024-01-04Distress signal received from F/V angelina c in 11-36.13S 134-02.53E at 040846Z janArafura Sea · Australia
- HYDROPAC 40/242024-01-04 → 2024-01-19Man overboard from F/V bv 95334 ts in 09-50.00N 107-33.00E at 031930Z janSouth China Sea · Vietnam
- HYDROPAC 38/242024-01-03 → 2024-01-03Cancel HYDROPAC 4069/23 and this msg, search suspendedNorth Pacific · Kiribati
- HYDROLANT 19/242024-01-03 → 2024-01-19Distress signal received from F/V patriot in 24-46.80N 079-41.40WStraits of Florida · Western North Atlantic · Bahamas · Florida
- HYDROLANT 16/242024-01-03 → 2024-01-19Distress signal received from vessel store bay in 19-25.80N 050-05.40WWestern North Atlantic
- NAVAREA IV 10/242024-01-03 → 2024-01-1912 meter S/V carpe diem, one person on board, overdueWestern Caribbean Sea · Nicaragua
- HYDROPAC 36/242024-01-03 → 2024-01-04Search and rescue training exercises 040001Z to 041600Z jan in area bound by 24-46.50N 066-54.00E, 24-46.50N…Arabian Sea · Pakistan
- HYDROLANT 13/242024-01-03 → 2024-01-19Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel in 46-20.00N 008-21.00W at 031002Z janEastern North Atlantic
- HYDROPAC 33/242024-01-03 → 2024-01-03Cancel HYDROPAC 4035/23 and this msg, search suspendedWestern South Pacific · Papua New Guinea
- HYDROPAC 25/242024-01-02 → 2024-01-02Cancel HYDROPAC 22/24 and this msg, vessel located safeCoral Sea · Australia
- HYDROPAC 22/242024-01-02 → 2024-01-02Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 44 foot S/V samphire in 13-24.27S 143-38.13E at 020937Z janCoral Sea · Australia
- HYDROLANT 6/242024-01-02 → 2024-01-19Distress signal received from vessel in 40-36.00S 005-39.00WSouth Atlantic
- HYDROPAC 15/242024-01-02 → 2024-01-19F/V bt 93601 ts, five persons on board, unreportedSouth China Sea · Vietnam
- HYDROPAC 14/242024-01-02 → 2024-01-02Distress signal received from vessel in 34-10.60S 172-02.20ETasman Sea · New Zealand
- HYDROPAC 13/242024-01-02 → 2024-01-19F/V bd 98011 ts, four persons onboard, overdueSouth China Sea · Vietnam
- HYDROLANT 4/242024-01-02 → 2024-01-02Distress signal received in 40-36.00S 005-39.00EEastern South Atlantic
- HYDROPAC 3/242024-01-01 → 2024-01-09F/V kh 00790 ts, two persons on board, sank in 12-32.76N 109-28.18E at 311500Z dec 23South China Sea · Vietnam
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