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Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 24-00N 059-00W

North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 3406/16

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2017-01-04 13:54Z

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) · RSC SAN JUAN 162343Z DEC 16.. Issued 2016-12-17 00:35Z. 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: North Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is 24.000, -59.000. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Original warning text

WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
DNC 16.
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 406 MHZ IN VICINITY
24-00N 059-00W. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED
TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO RSC SAN JUAN, PHONE: 787 289 2042,
E-MAIL: SSJCC@USCG.MIL.

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.
Distress signal received: A rescue centre has received an alert — from a beacon, a radio call or a satellite terminal — and is asking ships to look.
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.
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)

23 within 180 nm since 2010 · 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.

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Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 22-10.10N 060-37.10W2022-12-31
Distress signal received in 24-54.30N 057-23.20W at 092146Z nov2022-11-09
Guadeloupe to azores2018-06-13

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

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

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 01:26Z; source collection times vary.

Incidents

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