Incidents · overdue

Seven meter F/V mahaba, blue and white hull, two persons on board, overdue vicinity 12-00S 044-00E

Mozambique Channel · HYDROPAC 1802/14

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2014-06-28 10:35Z

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 REUNION 220451Z JUN 14.. Issued 2014-06-22 06:13Z. 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
Mozambique Channel. The parsed report position is -12.000, 44.000. 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

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  1. HYDROPAC 1548/142014-05-30 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROPAC 1550/142014-05-30 · Archived notice
  3. HYDROPAC 1802/14 · this notice2014-06-22 · Archived notice
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issued
2014-06-22 06:13Z
status
Archived notice
authority
MRCC REUNION 220451Z JUN 14.
issued by
MRCC REUNION
sea
Mozambique Channel
position
-12.000, 44.000
vessel
F/V MAHABA
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

NORTHERN MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL.
COMOROS.
SEVEN METER F/V MAHABA, BLUE AND WHITE HULL,
TWO PERSONS ON BOARD, OVERDUE VICINITY
12-00S 044-00E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED
TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO MRCC REUNION, TELEX: 916140,
PHONE: 26 243 4343, FAX: 26 271 1595,
E-MAIL: REUNION@MRCCFR.EU.

Reading this warning

Persons on board (POB)
The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
Overdue vessel
A vessel has not arrived when expected and has not been heard from; ships are asked to look out for it.
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.
MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre)
A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.

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

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Worldwide in the collected sources

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Record snapshot 2026-10-02 01:22Z; 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) →

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