Distress signal received on 243 mhz in 49-56N 168-59E
North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 2109/08
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2008-11-15 09:54Z
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) · US COAST GUARD KODIAK 280348Z OCT 08.. Issued 2008-10-28 07:55Z. 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
- North Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is 49.933, 168.983. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the North Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2008-10-28 07:55Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- US COAST GUARD KODIAK 280348Z OCT 08.
- issued by
- US COAST GUARD KODIAK
- sea
- North Pacific Ocean
- position
- 49.933, 168.983
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 243 MHZ IN 49-56N 168-59E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO US COAST GUARD KODIAK.
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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
9 within 180 nm since 2003 · 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 in vicinity 47-50.8N 167-18.8E2021-06-17
- Distress signal received from vessel coral crystal vicinity 50-00N 169-00E2015-01-19
- Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 47-37N 168-48E at 050341Z oct2010-10-05
- Distress signal received vicinity 49-10.0N 170-48.3E2009-07-20
- Distress signal received on 121.5 and 243.0 mhz in 47-12.9N 169-27.9E2008-11-15
- Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz at 300633Z sep in: a. 47-47.7N 169-42.3E2007-09-30
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 02:29Z; 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.