Containers
Three containers adrift in 49-51N 002-37W at 221300Z oct
HYDROLANT 2261/99
- issued
- 1999-10-22 17:42Z
- status
- cancelled 1999-10-29 17:42Z (archive)
- self-cancels
- 1999-10-29 17:42Z
- cancels
- HYDROLANT 2217/99
- authority
- WZ 1886/99 221550Z OCT 99; WZ 1885/99 221551Z OCT 99
- sea
- English Channel
- position
- 49.850, -2.617
- containers
- 3
- source
- nga_json · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. THREE CONTAINERS ADRIFT IN 49-51N 002-37W AT 221300Z OCT. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 2217/99(35), AID RESTORED. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 291742Z OCT.
This area · drifting containers
144 within 180 nm since 1997 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 in force now
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Timeline
- Pentland skerries light 58-41N 002-55W unreliablereplaced · 1999-10-16
Nearby now · within 120 nm
- Fowey light 50-19.60N 004-38.90W unreliableNav aids · 83.3 nm
Worldwide now
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