Incidents · man_overboard

Man overboard between mayotte (12-50S 045-08E) and anjouan (12-15S 044-25E)

Mozambique Channel · HYDROPAC 3161/15

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2015-10-04 09:25Z

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 REUNION 230940Z SEP 15.. Issued 2015-09-23 10:44Z. 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 map shows the reported line or operation extent; it is not a vessel track. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Original warning text

NORTHERN MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL.
COMOROS ISLANDS.
DNC 02.
MAN OVERBOARD BETWEEN MAYOTTE (12-50S 045-08E)
AND ANJOUAN (12-15S 044-25E). VESSELS IN VICINITY
REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO MRCC LA REUNION, INMARSAT-C: 422799193,
TELEX: 916140, PHONE: 26 226 243 4343,
FAX: 26 226 271 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.
Man overboard: Someone has gone into the water from a vessel; ships in the area are asked to look for them.
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.

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

205 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.

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

NAVAREA VII 267 of 2026 : (23 sep 26) 1. indian ocean - sw sector - offshore mayotte 2. chart san 1 3. rv…Surveys · 61.5 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 05:06Z; source collection times vary.

Incidents

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