Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 14-32-28N 120-21-50E at 301454Z sep
South China Sea · HYDROPAC 2993/16
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2016-10-21 13:05Z
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) · JAPAN COAST GUARD 301515Z SEP 16.. Issued 2016-09-30 18:41Z. 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 14.541, 120.364. 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
- Distress signals received on 406 mhz at 301228Z sep in: a. 14-34-51N 120-07-19Ecancelled by this notice
- Cancel HYDROPAC 2976/16, 2993/16, 3012/16, 3020/16, 3032/16, 3034/16, 3036/16, 3052/16, 3063/16later cancellation notice
These messages are connected by recorded cancellation references. The links establish relationships between notices; they do not by themselves confirm a single object, a continuous track, or recovery.
- HYDROPAC 2992/162016-09-30 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 2993/16 · this notice2016-09-30 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South China Sea →
- issued
- 2016-09-30 18:41Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- JAPAN COAST GUARD 301515Z SEP 16.
- issued by
- JAPAN COAST GUARD
- sea
- South China Sea
- position
- 14.541, 120.364
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SOUTH CHINA SEA. PHILIPPINES. DNC 11. 1. DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 406 MHZ IN 14-32-28N 120-21-50E AT 301454Z SEP. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO JAPAN COAST GUARD, PHONE: 814 5663 4999. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 2992/16.
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.
- 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.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROPAC
- The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
54 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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.
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V pis pioneer in 13-31.00N 119-48.40E2023-11-14
- Distress signal received from MV theodoros p in 15-11.00N 118-26.00E at 191920Z jan2023-01-19
- Distress signal received from vessel saoshyant in 16-56N 118-47E at 021411Z feb2022-02-03
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V gs avenue in 12-44.3N 119-32.6E at 120108Z dec2021-12-12
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 13-24N 118-48E2020-08-07
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V corona wisdom in 15-25.4N 119-38.2E at 260913Z jul2020-07-26
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
- Manira NAVTEX station, j, 14-30.3N 121-03.9E, inoperativeNav aids · 40.8 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 05:04Z; 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.