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Liferaft, three persons on board, adrift vicinity 07-00S 123-00E

Banda Sea · HYDROPAC 3026/16

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2016-10-09 02:40Z

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) · RCC BASARNAS 040208Z OCT 16.. Issued 2016-10-04 03:50Z. 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
Banda Sea. The parsed report position is -7.000, 123.000. 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

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  1. HYDROPAC 3008/162016-10-02 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROPAC 3026/16 · this notice2016-10-04 · Archived notice
  3. HYDROPAC 3082/162016-10-09 · Archived notice
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Current notices and reporting history in the Banda Sea →

issued
2016-10-04 03:50Z
status
Archived notice
authority
RCC BASARNAS 040208Z OCT 16.
issued by
RCC BASARNAS
sea
Banda Sea
position
-7.000, 123.000
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

BANDA SEA.
INDONESIA.
DNC 04.
1. LIFERAFT, THREE PERSONS ON BOARD,
   ADRIFT VICINITY 07-00S 123-00E. VESSELS
   IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP
   LOOKOUT, ASSIST IS POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO
   RCC BASARNAS PHONE: 6221 6586 7510,
   FAX: 6221 6586 7512, E-MAIL: KAGAHAR@BASARNAS.GO.ID,
   KAGAHAR@YAHOO.COM, KAGAHAR@GMAIL.COM.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 3008/16(72,73).

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DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
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Persons on board (POB)
The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
Adrift
Loose and moving with wind and current — a vessel, container, buoy, log or anything else no longer secured.
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
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RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre)
The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.
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.

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

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Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

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Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 01:16Z; source collection times vary.

Incidents

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