Distress signal received on 121.5 and 243 mhz vicinity 30-28S 166-42E
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 1717/07
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2007-10-05 08:16Z
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) · MNZ 363/07 050410Z OCT 07.. Issued 2007-10-05 05:32Z. 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 Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is -30.467, 166.700. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
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- HYDROPAC 1717/07 · this notice2007-10-05 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1720/072007-10-05 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2007-10-05 05:32Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MNZ 363/07 050410Z OCT 07.
- issued by
- MNZ
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -30.467, 166.700
- 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 AND 243 MHZ VICINITY 30-28S 166-42E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MARITIME OPERATIONS NEW ZEALAND, INMARSAT-C: 451200067, PHONE: 644 914 8333, FAX: 644 914 8334.
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.
- 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.
- Inmarsat-C / SafetyNET
- The satellite system that carries NAVAREA warnings to ships at sea, and the terminal number rescue centres give for reports.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
30 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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 31-55.80S 164-46.27E2023-05-09
- Distress signal received in 28-57S 169-28E2020-11-14
- Vessel livia V, five persons on board adrift in 29-04.0S 167-14.3E on 19 jul2019-07-20
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 29-20.5S 169-41.8E2017-11-17
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 29-50.22S 167-00.27E2015-02-05
- S/V promise, three persons on board, overdue noosa heads (26-23.9S 153-05.6E) to opua (35-18.9S 174-07.1E)2014-10-07
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 01:59Z; 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.