Derelict aircraft adrift in vicinity 23-27.57S 044-38.72W at 251553Z nov 21
South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 2902/21
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2021-11-28 20:52Z
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 COASTAL S 828/21 252023Z NOV 21.. Issued 2021-11-25 20:52Z. 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 -23.459, -44.645. 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
- 2021-11-25 20:52Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2021-11-28 20:52Z
- authority
- NAVAREA V COASTAL S 828/21 252023Z NOV 21.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA V · named as the source of this relay
- issued by
- NAVAREA V COASTAL S
- sea
- South Atlantic Ocean
- position
- -23.459, -44.645
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN SOUTH ATLANTIC. BRAZIL-SOUTH COAST. DNC 01. 1. DERELICT AIRCRAFT ADRIFT IN VICINITY 23-27.57S 044-38.72W AT 251553Z NOV 21. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 282052Z NOV 21.
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.
- Derelict
- An abandoned vessel still afloat and drifting, with no one on board.
- Adrift
- Loose and moving with wind and current — a vessel, container, buoy, log or anything else no longer secured.
- 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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
57 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.
- Derelict set of interconnected yellow floats adrift in 25-00.20S 042-40.30W at 101600Z feb2024-02-13
- Derelict M/V ferry saves lives adrift in 24-46.90S 046-56.06W at 021845Z oct2023-10-04
- Derekict vessel adrift in vicinity 23-28.00S 042-17.00W2023-07-26
- Derelict S/V adrift in 23-11.00S 042-09.00W on 26 jul2023-07-26
- Derelict lifeboat adrift in vicinity 23-43.00S 042-49.00W at 151400Z feb2023-02-15
- Derelict vessel adrift in 25-13.34S 042-22.19W at 182300Z aug2022-08-20
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
No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.
Worldwide in the collected sources
6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 08:28Z; source collection times vary.
Derelicts
Abandoned, disabled or drifting vessels. All current derelict & adrift vessels →
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.