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Vitiaz Strait · Bismarck Sea · Papua New Guinea · 4 messages · 2019-07-12 to 2019-08-07

status: closed 2019-08-07 07:51Z
opened: 2019-07-12 16:12Z
sea: Bismarck Sea
joined by: chain (a message cancels or replaces another); proximity (same type, same sea, within 30 nm and 30 days)
key: sar:HYDROPAC-2264/2019

Timeline · 4 messages, oldest first

HYDROPAC 2264/192019-07-12 16:12Z → cancelled 2019-07-14 10:28Z (archive)

Eight persons overboard from 23 foot vessel capsized between bagbag island (04-47.2S 146-13.5E) and karkar…capsize

BISMARCK SEA.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA.
DNC 05.
EIGHT PERSONS OVERBOARD FROM 23 FOOT VESSEL CAPSIZED
BETWEEN BAGBAG ISLAND (04-47.2S 146-13.5E) AND
KARKAR ISLAND (04-39.7S 145-58.7E).
VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP
LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO JRCC AUSTRALIA, PHONE: 612 6230 6811,
FAX: 612 6230 6868, E-MAIL: [email protected]
OR MRCC PORT MORESBY, PHONE: 675 7351 7017,
E-MAIL: [email protected].

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HYDROPAC 2285/192019-07-14 10:28Z → cancelled 2019-07-14 10:28Z (archive)
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BISMARCK SEA.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA.
DNC 05.
CANCEL HYDROPAC 2264/19 AND THIS MSG,
SEARCH SUSPENDED.
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HYDROPAC 2496/192019-08-05 03:35Z → cancelled 2019-08-07 07:51Z (archive)

Two persons missing from capsized vessel between madang (04-51S 145-49E) and karkar island (04-40S 145-52E)capsize

VITIAZ STRAIT.
BISMARCK SEA.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA.
DNC 05.
TWO PERSONS MISSING FROM CAPSIZED VESSEL
BETWEEN MADANG (04-51S 145-49E) AND
KARKAR ISLAND (04-40S 145-52E). VESSELS IN
VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT,
ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS MRCC PORT MORESBY,
PHONE: 675 7351 7017, E-MAIL: [email protected]
OR JRCC AUSTRALIA,
PHONE: 612 6230 6811, FAX: 612 6230 6868,
E-MAIL: [email protected].

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HYDROPAC 2529/192019-08-07 07:51Z → cancelled 2019-08-07 07:51Z (archive)
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VITIAZ STRAIT.
BISMARCK SEA.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA.
DNC 05.
CANCEL HYDROPAC 2496/19 AND THIS MSG,
SEARCH SUSPENDED.
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