Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V aria in 06-37.6N 108-18.6E at 022100Z jan
South China Sea · HYDROPAC 15/12
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2012-02-04 10:36Z
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) · MRCC VUNGTAU 030644Z JAN 12.. Issued 2012-01-03 23:09Z. 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
- South China Sea. The parsed report position is 6.627, 108.310. 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 South China Sea →
- issued
- 2012-01-03 23:09Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC VUNGTAU 030644Z JAN 12.
- issued by
- MRCC VUNGTAU
- sea
- South China Sea
- position
- 6.627, 108.310
- vessel
- M/V ARIA · 2 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SOUTH CHINA SEA. DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 406 MHZ FROM M/V ARIA IN 06-37.6N 108-18.6E AT 022100Z JAN. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO VIETNAM COAST RADIO STATIONS.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- 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)
586 within 180 nm since 1999 · 3 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.
- Man overboard from F/V bv 0340 ts at 140810Z apr in 06-45.00N 107-03.00E2026-04-15
- Man overboard from F/V bv 96567 ts in 08-27.00N 106-43.00E at 230730Z nov2025-11-23
- Distress signal received from vessel in 08-45.00N 107-45.00E2025-11-20
- Man overboard from F/V bv 92567 ts in 07-38.00N 107-31.00E2025-02-05
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel jin mao 12 in 04-41.40N 108-56.90E at 191214Z nov vessels in…2024-11-19
- Distress signal received on 406MHZ in 04-27.20N 107-43.80E at 161437Z nov2024-11-17
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
- Oil rig reported to exists in 07-42.1N 107-55.8EWrecks · 68.4 nm
- Oil rig reported to exists in 07-47.5N 108-12.0EWrecks · 70.3 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 04:02Z; 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.