Incidents · capsize

Five persons overboard from vesssel, capsized and adrift in vicinity of trackline joining 09-16.00S…

Coral Sea · HYDROPAC 1487/24

What this record establishes

Cancelled notice · 2026-08-14 18:10Z

This notice disappeared from the issuing source's in-force list. No explicit recovery or all-clear is established by that removal.

Source and dates: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · JRCC AUSTRALIA 3659/24 040100Z MAY 24.. Issued 2024-05-04 01:22Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:50Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered: Coral Sea. The map shows the reported line or operation extent; it is not a vessel track. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Coral Sea →

issued: 2024-05-04 01:22Z
status: Cancelled notice
authority: JRCC AUSTRALIA 3659/24 040100Z MAY 24.
issued by: JRCC AUSTRALIA
sea: Coral Sea
position: -9.342, 142.367
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z

Original warning text

TORRES STRAIT.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA.
DNC 05.
FIVE PERSONS OVERBOARD FROM VESSSEL, CAPSIZED
AND ADRIFT IN VICINITY OF TRACKLINE JOINING
09-16.00S 142-13.00E, 09-25.00S 142-31.00E.
VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED
TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO JRCC AUSTRALIA, PHONE: 612 6230 6811,
E-MAIL: RCCAUS@AMSA.GOV.AU.

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.
Man overboard: Someone has gone into the water from a vessel; ships in the area are asked to look for them.
Adrift: Loose and moving with wind and current — a vessel, container, buoy, log or anything else no longer secured.
Track line joining: Introduces a route through a series of positions — a cable route, a tow's track or a survey line.
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.
RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre): The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.

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Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)

290 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.

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 01:55Z; 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.