Incidents · man_overboard

Man overboard from F/V bth 99128 in 09-30N 108-26E at 030100Z aug vessels in vicinity requested to keep a…

South China Sea · HYDROPAC 2177/11

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2011-08-13 08:56Z

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 VUNGTAU 031032Z AUG 11.. Issued 2011-08-03 11:06Z. 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 China Sea. The parsed report position is 9.500, 108.433. 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
2011-08-03 11:06Z
status
Archived notice
authority
MRCC VUNGTAU 031032Z AUG 11.
issued by
MRCC VUNGTAU
sea
South China Sea
position
9.500, 108.433
vessel
F/V BTH · 95 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SOUTH CHINA SEA.
MAN OVERBOARD FROM F/V BTH 99128 IN
09-30N 108-26E AT 030100Z AUG VESSELS
IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT,
ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC VUNGTAU.

Reading this warning

Man overboard
Someone has gone into the water from a vessel; ships in the area are asked to look for them.
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.
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)

960 within 180 nm since 1998 · 7 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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Worldwide in the collected sources

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Record snapshot 2026-10-02 18:19Z; source collection times vary.

Incidents

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