Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 24-00S 150-00W
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 2971/13
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2013-10-05 10:22Z
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 PAPEETE 280421Z SEP 13.. Issued 2013-09-28 05:40Z. 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 Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is -24.000, -150.000. 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 South Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2013-09-28 05:40Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC PAPEETE 280421Z SEP 13.
- issued by
- MRCC PAPEETE
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -24.000, -150.000
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SOUTH PACIFIC. FRENCH POLYNESIA. DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 406 MHZ IN 24-00S 150-00W. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC PAPEETE, INMARSAT-C: 422799192, PHONE: 68 954 1616, FAX: 68 942 3915, E-MAIL: MRCCPAPEETE@MAIL.PF.
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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
6 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.
- Man overboard from M/V at last in 23-02.06S 150-52.65W at 131700Z jan2020-01-13
- Derelict F/V, white and red hull, capsized and adrift vicinity 21-14.6S 150-56.4W2013-01-08
- Vessel, grey hull, one person on board, disabled and adrift2011-01-14
- Nine meter S/V, black and white hull, capsized and adrift in 23-26.2S 149-47.9W at 112015Z jan2011-01-13
- 28 foot M/V naiho II, orange hull, unreported rurutu island (22-25S 151-20W) and return2001-02-15
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 06:07Z; 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.