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Distress signal received from M/V mekong river in 12-46S 046-16E at 210710Z sep

Mozambique Channel · HYDROPAC 2653/11

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2011-09-24 09:34Z

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 210753Z SEP 11.. Issued 2011-09-21 08:13Z. 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 -12.767, 46.267. 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
2011-09-21 08:13Z
status
Archived notice
authority
MRCC REUNION 210753Z SEP 11.
issued by
MRCC REUNION
sea
Mozambique Channel
position
-12.767, 46.267
vessel
M/V MEKONG RIVER · 2 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN.
NORTHERN MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL.
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED FROM M/V MEKONG RIVER
IN 12-46S 046-16E AT 210710Z SEP. VESSELS IN
VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT,
ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC REUNION,
INMARSAT-C: 422799193, TELEX: 916140,
PHONE: 26 226 243 4343, FAX: 26 226 271 1595,
E-MAIL: REUNION@MRCCFR.EU.

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.
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.

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

187 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 14:30Z; 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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