Incidents · aircraft

Helicopter, one person on board, missing

Tyrrhenian Sea · HYDROLANT 2300/19

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2019-08-16 14:13Z

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) · MRCC ROME 271422Z JUL 19.. Issued 2019-07-27 16:56Z. 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: Tyrrhenian Sea. The parsed report position is 43.333, 9.833. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Original warning text

TYRRHENIAN SEA.
CORSICA.
DNC 08.
1. HELICOPTER, ONE PERSON ON BOARD, MISSING.
   LAST KNOWN POSITION IN VICINITY 43-20N 009-50E.
   AT 221357Z JUL. VESSELS IN VICINITY
   REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
   REPORTS TO MRCC ROME,
   INMARSAT-C: 424744220,
   PHONE: 390 6592 4145, 3906 5908 4409,
   FAX: 390 6592 2737, 396 5908 4800, 3906 5908 4793,
   E-MAIL: ITMRCC@MIT.GOV.IT.
2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 2262/19.

Reading this warning

DNC (Digital Nautical Chart): A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
Persons on board (POB): The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
Last known position: The most recent confirmed position of a missing vessel or person — the starting point of a search.
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.
MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre): A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
Inmarsat-C / SafetyNET: The satellite system that carries NAVAREA warnings to ships at sea, and the terminal number rescue centres give for reports.
Cancellation reference: A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
HYDROLANT: The U.S. long-range warning series for Atlantic waters outside NAVAREA IV, including the eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and adjoining seas.

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

97 within 180 nm since 1996 · 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.

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 2026-10-02 06:38Z; source collection times vary.

Incidents

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