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Crewman requiring medical assistance in 25-55.8S 040-26.5W at 041440Z jul

South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1263/10

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2010-07-06 08:55Z

This notice comes from the historical archive. Its archived status does not establish when or how the reported situation ended.

Source and dates: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · NAVAREA V SAR 112/10 050934Z JUL 10.. Issued 2010-07-05 09:51Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:38Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:46Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered: South Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is -25.930, -40.442. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Original warning text

BRAZIL-SOUTH COAST.
CREWMAN REQUIRING MEDICAL ASSISTANCE IN
25-55.8S 040-26.5W AT 041440Z JUL. VESSELS
IN VICINITY ABLE TO PROVIDE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
REQUESTED TO ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO
ANY COASTAL RADIO STATION.

Reading this warning

Position (degrees and minutes): How warnings write positions: degrees, a hyphen, then minutes, with N/S and E/W — 49-40.8N 003-43.8W.
Date-time group (DTG): A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
Assist if possible: The second half of the standard rescue request: ships able to help are asked to do so.

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Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)

39 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

Counts include repeat notices about the same situation. NGA archive coverage ends 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. The period between them is incomplete. An empty year is not evidence that no hazards occurred.

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Man overboard from vessel in vicinity 25-08S 042-45W on 03 oct2021-10-03
F/V filho do vento, 14 persons on board, unreported2021-06-24
M/V sks mersey reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 23-14S 040-59W on 17 apr2019-04-17

Month of issue in the collected archive

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Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.

Worldwide in the collected sources

0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-25 15:52Z; source collection times vary.

Incidents

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