F/V kings bay reports person onboard with suspected heart attack in 54-17.36N 015-40.42W
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 363/24
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2024-03-08 15:50Z
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) · UK COAST GUARD 0/24 210929Z FEB 24.. Issued 2024-02-21 09:43Z. 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 54.289, -15.674. 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 North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2024-02-21 09:43Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- UK COAST GUARD 0/24 210929Z FEB 24.
- issued by
- UK COAST GUARD
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 54.289, -15.674
- vessel
- F/V KINGS BAY
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. DNC 19. F/V KINGS BAY REPORTS PERSON ONBOARD WITH SUSPECTED HEART ATTACK IN 54-17.36N 015-40.42W. VESSELS IN VICINITY ABLE TO PROVIDE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE REQUESTED TO ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO UK COAST GUARD, PHONE: 4434 4382 0025, EMAIL: UKMRCC@HMCG.GOV.UK.
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.
- 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.
- Assist if possible
- The second half of the standard rescue request: ships able to help are asked to do so.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
44 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.
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel zephyr in 55-01.30N 020-19.90W at 240901Z apr2023-04-24
- F/V norderveg, nine persons on board, taking on water in vicinity 52-09.40N 016-31.00W at 252018Z feb2023-02-25
- Distress signal received from S/V cicada in vicinity 52-57.40N 017-56.20W2022-10-14
- Man overboard from F/V eder sands in 51-50.60N 014-48.70W at 071959Z oct2022-10-07
- Aircraft distress signal received on 406 mhz in 54-46.70N 018-25.50W or 54-48.50N 018-30.80W at 201048Z aug2022-09-01
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from aircraft in 55-42.70N 018-50.10W at 030802Z aug2022-08-03
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 12:19Z; source collection times vary.
Incidents
Search-and-rescue broadcasts, published only once a case has been closed for 30 days: groundings, sinkings, capsizes, fires, man overboard, overdue vessels. Nothing here is live. All current distress & casualty cases (archived) →
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