Incidents · man_overboard

Man overboard from M/V carnival spirit at 070900Z jul in area bound by 18-24S 173-30E, 19-30S 174-48E,…

South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 2014/14

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2014-07-19 09:47Z

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 NOUMEA 090401Z JUL 14.. Issued 2014-07-09 05:43Z. 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 map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Original warning text

WESTERN SOUTH PACIFIC.
1. MAN OVERBOARD FROM M/V CARNIVAL SPIRIT AT 070900Z JUL
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   18-24S 173-30E, 19-30S 174-48E,
   20-18S 170-42E, 20-06S 169-36E.
   VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT,
   ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORT TO MRCC NOUMEA.
   INMARSAT-C: 582422799194,
   PHONE: 68 729 2332, 68 726 4772
   FAX: 68 729 2303, E-MAIL: MRCC.NC@LAGOON.NC.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 2001/14.

Reading this warning

Man overboard: Someone has gone into the water from a vessel; ships in the area are asked to look for them.
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.
Area bound by: Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
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.
Inmarsat-C / SafetyNET: The satellite system that carries NAVAREA warnings to ships at sea, and the terminal number rescue centres give for reports.
Cancellation reference: A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
HYDROPAC: The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.

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

26 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.

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Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

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Worldwide in the collected sources

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Incidents

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