Distress signal received on 406 mhz at 090726Z sep in: a. 28-38-56N 134-57-50E
Eastern China Sea · HYDROPAC 3297/18
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-09-09 10:31Z
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 090835Z SEP 18.. Issued 2018-09-09 08:48Z. 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
- Eastern China Sea. The parsed report position is 26.974, 127.273. 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 signal received on 406 mhz in 25-17-56N 119-45-53E at 090941Z seplater 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 3297/18 · this notice2018-09-09 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 3298/182018-09-09 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Eastern China Sea →
- issued
- 2018-09-09 08:48Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- JAPAN COAST GUARD 090835Z SEP 18.
- issued by
- JAPAN COAST GUARD
- sea
- Eastern China Sea
- position
- 26.974, 127.273
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
PHILIPPINE SEA. EAST CHINA SEA. TAIWAN STRAIT. CHINA. DNC 12, DNC 23. DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 406 MHZ AT 090726Z SEP IN: A. 28-38-56N 134-57-50E. B. 25-17-59N 119-34-58E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO JAPAN COAST GUARD, PHONE: 817 8391 4999.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
27 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 signals received on 406 mhz at 292252Z jun in: a. 26-34-08N 137-40-51E2020-06-30
- Distress signals received on 406 mhz from M/V zhedaiyu 10308 at 100031Z may in: a. 26-36-03N 133-24-32E2020-05-10
- Distress signals received on 406 mhz at 150803Z may in: a. 28-49-58N 136-55-40E b. 24-25-51N 117-49-51E…2019-05-15
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 28-21-35N 129-59-43E at 040836Z mar2019-03-04
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V zhedaiyu in 26-57N 123-58E at 170220Z nov2018-11-17
- Distress signals received on 406 mhz at 312000 aug in: a. 25-48-25N 122-35-23E2018-09-01
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 02:22Z; 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.