Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 24-46S 113-12E at 302249Z sep
Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 1581/01
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2001-10-01 03:40Z
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) · AUSSAR 6990/01 IOR EGC #23431 302310Z SEP 01. Issued 2001-10-01 00:17Z. 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
- Indian Ocean. The parsed report position is -24.767, 113.200. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Cancel HYDROPAC 1568/01(61), assistance receivedlater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2001-10-01 00:17Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- AUSSAR 6990/01 IOR EGC #23431 302310Z SEP 01
- issued by
- AUSSAR
- sea
- Indian Ocean
- position
- -24.767, 113.200
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 121.5 MHZ VICINITY 24-46S 113-12E AT 302249Z SEP. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO RCC AUSTRALIA, TELEX: 7162052, PHONE: 612 6230 6811.
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.
- RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre)
- The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
57 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 seven meter vessel destiny in 22-53.60S 113-39.00E at 250139Z apr2024-04-25
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel in 22-29.93S 113-39.47E at 190946Z apr2024-04-19
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from six meter vessel in 26-07.60S 113-05.50E at 090135Z apr2024-04-09
- Six meter vessel capsized and adrift in vicinity 23-30.40S 113-27.50E at 050325Z jul2023-07-05
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from six meter vessel, white hull, in 23-31.67S 113-27.67E at 050104Z jul2023-07-05
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from a 5.6 meter vessel in 24-00.10S 113-23.60E at 210507Z apr2023-04-21
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 05:26Z; 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.