Helicopter ditched in 36-38-02N 002-37-04E
Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin · HYDROLANT 3896/20
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2020-12-23 00:01Z
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 III 1687/20 170005Z DEC 20.. Issued 2020-12-17 01:45Z. 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
- Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin. The parsed report position is 36.634, 2.618. 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 Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin →
- issued
- 2020-12-17 01:45Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA III 1687/20 170005Z DEC 20.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin
- position
- 36.634, 2.618
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA. ALGERIA. DNC 08. 1. HELICOPTER DITCHED IN 36-38-02N 002-37-04E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO ANY COASTAL RADIO STATION. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 23 DEC 20.
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.
- 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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · other warnings
7 within 180 nm since 2005 · 1 in the last 12 months · 1 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.
- Drifting target shooting exercise from 290001 to 292359 UTC oct 26 or 300001 to 302359 UTC oct 262026-06-27
- Cap corbelin light 36-54.5N 004-25.5E operating on emergency light2021-11-09
- Two men overboard from M/V benjamas naree vicinity 37-44N 005-03E at 011520Z dec2014-12-01
- Geophysical operations in progress until 17 jul in area bound by 37-17.0N 004-32.3E, 37-16.0N 005-06.9E,…2013-02-15
- Cap falcon light 35-46.3N 000-47.9W at reduced intensity2006-11-07
- Pointe colombi light 36-26.7N 000-56.5E temporarily operating with fixed light2005-12-18
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
23 other warnings listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-29 02:14Z; source collection times vary.
Other
Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →
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.