18 meter F/V fatal attraction reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 33-29S 124-33E
Great Australian Bight · HYDROPAC 3421/16
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2016-11-06 12:03Z
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) · JRCC AUSTRALIA 6765/16 060549Z NOV 16.. Issued 2016-11-06 06:18Z. 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
- Great Australian Bight. The parsed report position is -33.483, 124.550. 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
- Cancel HYDROPAC 3421/16 and this msg, assistance receivedlater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Great Australian Bight →
- issued
- 2016-11-06 06:18Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- JRCC AUSTRALIA 6765/16 060549Z NOV 16.
- issued by
- JRCC AUSTRALIA
- sea
- Great Australian Bight
- position
- -33.483, 124.550
- vessel
- F/V FATAL ATTRACTION · 3 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
GREAT AUSTRALIAN BIGHT. AUSTRALIA-SOUTH COAST. DNC 04. 18 METER F/V FATAL ATTRACTION REPORTS CREWMAN REQUIRING MEDICAL ASSISTANCE IN 33-29S 124-33E. VESSELS IN VICINITY ABLE TO PROVIDE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE REQUESTED TO ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO JRCC AUSTRALIA, PHONE: 612 6230 6811, FAX: 612 6230 6868, E-MAIL: RCCAUS@AMSA.GOV.AU.
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.
- 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.
- Assist if possible
- The second half of the standard rescue request: ships able to help are asked to do so.
- RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre)
- The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
23 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 in 35-12.07S 126-33.60E at 080616Z dec2022-12-08
- 20 meter F/V southern lady II unreported2021-08-13
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 33-56.4S 122-31.9E at 300036Z dec2020-12-30
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 35-51.40S 124-07.93E at 001727Z may2019-05-11
- Distress signal received from M/V ophelia in vicinity 33-50S 125-43E at 112133Z nov2018-11-11
- 11 meter vessel brahminy, white hull, two persons on board, overdue esperance (33-51.7S 121-53.5E) to ceduna…2018-11-03
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 2026-10-03 10:10Z; 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) →
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