Incidents · man_overboard

Man overboard vicinity 24-25.6S 045-26.6W at 211343Z jan

South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 174/12

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2012-02-11 10:17Z

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 S 91/12 22 JAN 12.. Issued 2012-01-22 00:47Z. 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 -24.427, -45.443. 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: 2012-01-22 00:47Z
status: Archived notice
authority: NAVAREA V S 91/12 22 JAN 12.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA V · named as the source of this relay
issued by: NAVAREA V S
sea: South Atlantic Ocean
position: -24.427, -45.443
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

BRAZIL-SOUTH COAST.
MAN OVERBOARD VICINITY 24-25.6S 045-26.6W AT
211343Z JAN. 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)

276 within 180 nm since 1999 · 1 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.

Man overboard from vessel in 24-34.60S 045-25.70W on 14 aug2026-08-16
Distress signal received from vessel in 24-37.00S 045-31.00W on 30 apr2024-04-30
Distress signal received from M/V bwek anholt in 25-58.00S 045-15.00W on 22 mar2024-03-22
Man overboard from vessel in 25-16.54S 046-36.77W on 08 jan2024-01-09
Man overboard from vessel in 24-06.28S 045-07.53W at 300001Z dec2023-12-30
Vessel sinking2023-11-20

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

Ponta dos meros light 23-13.57S 044-20.83W unlit until 26 sepNav aids · 93.9 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-09-27 00:11Z; 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.