Possible men overboard from vessel in 12-20S 044-40E at 202000Z aug
Mozambique Channel · HYDROPAC 2830/17
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2017-09-08 10:53Z
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 LA REUNION 210738Z AUG 17.. Issued 2017-08-21 07:48Z. 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 -12.333, 44.667. 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 Mozambique Channel →
- issued
- 2017-08-21 07:48Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC LA REUNION 210738Z AUG 17.
- issued by
- MRCC LA REUNION
- sea
- Mozambique Channel
- position
- -12.333, 44.667
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN. MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL. COMOROS. DNC 02. POSSIBLE MEN OVERBOARD FROM VESSEL IN 12-20S 044-40E AT 202000Z AUG. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC LA REUNION, PHONE: 2622 6243 4343, FAX: 2622 6271 1595, E-MAIL: REUNION@MRCCFR.EU.
Reading this warning
- DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
- A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · other warnings
11 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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.
- Ten meter tree adrift in 12-48.61S 044-56.76E2023-11-15
- Concentration fish system adrift in 12-53.32S 045-19.05E2023-04-12
- Fish aggregating device with flashing light in 13-05.61S 045-12.12E2022-08-05
- One meter bamboo adrift in vicinity 12-26S 045-27E2020-04-07
- Six persons overboard from seven meter vessel vicinity mayotte (12-50-35S 045-08-18E)2016-04-18
- Seven meter F/V, white or clear hull, in need of assistance between anjouan (12-15-00S 044-25-00E) and…2015-05-21
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
23 other warnings listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 07:34Z; source collection times vary.
Other
Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →
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.