Helicopter reported ditched one mile east of tathra (36-43.9S 149-59.0E) at 270650Z dec
Tasman Sea · HYDROPAC 2933/10
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2010-12-27 09:23Z
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) · AUSSAR 8345/10 270707Z DEC 10.. Issued 2010-12-27 08:19Z. 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
- Tasman Sea. The parsed report position is -36.732, 149.983. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- issued
- 2010-12-27 08:19Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- AUSSAR 8345/10 270707Z DEC 10.
- issued by
- AUSSAR
- sea
- Tasman Sea
- position
- -36.732, 149.983
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
AUSTRALIA-SOUTHEAST COAST. HELICOPTER REPORTED DITCHED ONE MILE EAST OF TATHRA (36-43.9S 149-59.0E) AT 270650Z DEC. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO RCC AUSTRALIA, PHONE: 612 6230 6811, FAX: 612 6230 6868, E-MAIL:RCCAUS@AMSA.GOV.AU.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre)
- The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.
Collected reports in this area · other warnings
28 within 180 nm since 1998 · 1 in the last 12 months · 1 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.
- 8 virtual AIS navigation marks in an area bounded by 38-23S to 38-37S and 148-25E to 148-37E inoperative2026-09-18
- Two meter mooring with 200 meter line of floats, adrift in 35-20.4S 151-53.0E at 260006Z dec 212021-12-26
- Container partially submerged and adrift in 34-45S 151-33E at 080500Z jul2020-07-08
- Fishing gear, marked by buoys, abandoned in 37-44.05S 149-35.04E2015-12-24
- Pyrotechnics exercises 311130Z to 311230Z dec within 500 yards of 37-09.6S 150-19.8E2014-12-31
- Eight meter vessel reported on fire in 36-14.2S 150-30.1E at 160017Z oct2013-10-16
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
23 other warnings listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 03:24Z; 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.