Incidents · man_overboard

Man overboard in 06-07S 034-42W at 041130Z sep

South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1412/11

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2011-09-17 09:35Z

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 98/11 05 SEP 11.. Issued 2011-09-05 21:37Z. 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 -6.117, -34.700. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the South Atlantic Ocean →

issued: 2011-09-05 21:37Z
status: Archived notice
authority: NAVAREA V SAR 98/11 05 SEP 11.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA V · named as the source of this relay
issued by: NAVAREA V SAR
sea: South Atlantic Ocean
position: -6.117, -34.700
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

BRAZIL-NORTHEAST COAST.
MAN OVERBOARD IN 06-07S 034-42W AT
041130Z SEP. VESSELS IN VICINITY
REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT,
ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO
ANY COASTAL RADIO STATION.

Reading this warning

Man overboard: Someone has gone into the water from a vessel; ships in the area are asked to look for them.
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.
Keep a sharp lookout: A request to every ship in the area to watch for the vessel, people or object described.
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)

126 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.

Distress signal received from vessel camburi in 04-15.55S 034-38.27W on 30 apr2024-04-30
Distress signal received from vessel camburi in 04-15.55S 034-38.27W on 30 apr2024-04-30
Man overboard in 08-54.12S 034-50.55W on 14 apr2024-04-15
Derelict S/V zagaia manelis capsized and adrift in 05-08.77S 033-18.88W2023-09-30
S/V zagaia manelis capsized in 05-08.40S 033-15.50W2023-09-30
Vessel unreported2023-06-26

Month of issue in the collected archive

All available years combined. Uneven collection and repeat bulletins affect these counts; this chart does not measure the seasonality or probability of incidents.

Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

Odas buoy established in 05-09.46S 035-09.81WNav aids · 63.9 nm
Odas buoy bravo rn-l temporarily established until 20 oct in 04-53.00S 035-46.01WNav aids · 97.7 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 15:03Z; source collection times vary.

Incidents

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. All current distress & casualty cases (archived) →

Not for navigation. This is a re-rendering of an official navigational warning for awareness; mariners must use official NAVAREA broadcasts and their national MSI service.