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A merchant vessel reported a distress call in 00-35S 062-40E at 111737Z nov, approximately 490 miles…

Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 2074/09

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2009-12-05 09:59Z

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) · ONI SPECIAL ADVISORY 111202Z NOV 09.. Issued 2009-11-11 13:00Z. 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 -0.583, 62.667. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued: 2009-11-11 13:00Z
status: Archived notice
authority: ONI SPECIAL ADVISORY 111202Z NOV 09.
issued by: ONI SPECIAL ADVISORY
sea: Indian Ocean
position: -0.583, 62.667
vessel: M/V FILITSA
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

A MERCHANT VESSEL REPORTED A DISTRESS CALL IN 00-35S 062-40E AT
111737Z NOV, APPROXIMATELY 490 MILES NORTHEAST OF SEYCHELLES.
AT 110206Z NOV, UKMTO REPORTED THAT M/V FILITSA WAS ASSESSED
HIJACKED 513 MILES NORTHEAST OF SEYCHELLES. UKMTO CONTACTED
THE OWNER AT 110400Z NOV WHO HAD REACHED THE SHIP. ALL THAT
WAS SAID WAS "SOMALI, SOMALI". CTF-151 IS ASSESSING WITH HIGH
PROBABILITY THE SHIP HAS BEEN PIRATED. VERBAL INFORMATION
RECEIVED FROM THE OWNERS INDICATES THE PIRATES ARE ALREADY
ON BOARD AND ALL COMMUNICATION WITH THE VESEL HAS CEASED.
IT IS SUSPECTED THE PIRATES ARE IN CONTROL OF THE VESSEL.
THERE ARE 22 CREW MEMBERS ON BOARD.

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.
Piracy and armed robbery: Attacks and attempted boardings of ships, and suspicious approaches by small craft.

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

13 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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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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 02:33Z; source collection times vary.

Incidents

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