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Sick crewman on board M/V mykonos requiring medical assistance in 29-36S 020-43W at 100915Z dec

South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 2675/99

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 1999-12-10 16:45Z

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) · RCC PIRAEUS 101010Z DEC 99; NAVAREA III 524/99, 525/99, 526/99. Issued 1999-12-10 10:50Z. 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 -29.600, -20.717. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Original warning text

1. SICK CREWMAN ON BOARD M/V MYKONOS REQUIRING MEDICAL ASSISTANCE IN
   29-36S 020-43W AT 100915Z DEC. VESSELS IN VICINITY WITH DOCTOR
   ON BOARD REQUESTED TO CONTACT VESSEL, INMARSAT-A: 871 1271277 OR
   INMARSAT-C: 424820210=MYKN OR REPORT TO RCC PIRAEUS.
2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 2303/99(53), 2305(56), 2312/99(54).

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.
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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)

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

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Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

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Worldwide in the collected sources

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