Man overboard from F/V acrux/sorg vicinity 52-41N 159-20E at 211555Z oct
North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 1124/99
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 1999-12-03 10:10Z
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 VLADIVOSTOK 212000Z OCT 99. Issued 1999-10-21 22:24Z. 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 Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is 52.683, 159.333. 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 Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 1999-10-21 22:24Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- RCC VLADIVOSTOK 212000Z OCT 99
- issued by
- RCC VLADIVOSTOK
- sea
- North Pacific Ocean
- position
- 52.683, 159.333
- vessel
- F/V ACRUX
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
MAN OVERBOARD FROM F/V ACRUX/SORG VICINITY 52-41N 159-20E AT 211555Z OCT. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
Reading this warning
- Man overboard
- Someone has gone into the water from a vessel; ships in the area are asked to look for them.
- 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
6 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 in 50-08.74N 161-01.65E at 301214Z jun2009-06-30
- Man overboard from F/V mikhail staritsyn in 52-35N 156-06E at 161250Z jul2008-07-17
- Distress signal received from submarine priz vicinity 52-24N 159-32E2005-08-05
- Helicopter, 13 persons on board, ditched in 51-40N 158-00E2003-08-20
- Man overboard from M/V poseydon vicinity 53-11N 155-57E at 092325Z aug2000-08-10
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
- 165 km sse of vilyuchinsk, russiaQuakes · 61.6 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 16:16Z; 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) →
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.