M/V sonne reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 05-32.63S 166-18.76W
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 3500/12
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2012-12-10 20:50Z
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) · MNZ 127/12 092056Z DEC 12.. Issued 2012-12-09 21:11Z. 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 Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is -5.544, -166.313. 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
- M/V sonne reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 03-39.00S 165-22.51Wcancelled by this notice
- M/V sonne reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 11-30S 169-08Wlater 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 3496/122012-12-09 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 3500/12 · this notice2012-12-09 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 3514/122012-12-10 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2012-12-09 21:11Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MNZ 127/12 092056Z DEC 12.
- issued by
- MNZ
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -5.544, -166.313
- vessel
- M/V SONNE · 40 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SOUTH PACIFIC. 1. M/V SONNE REPORTS CREWMAN REQUIRING MEDICAL ASSISTANCE IN 05-32.63S 166-18.76W. VESSELS IN VICINITY ABLE TO PROVIDE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE REQUESTED TO ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MARITIME OPERATIONS NEW ZEALAND, INMARSAT-C: 4512 00067, PHONE: 644 914 8333, FAX: 644 914 8334 OR TAUPO MARITIME RADIO. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 3496/12.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- Inmarsat-C / SafetyNET
- The satellite system that carries NAVAREA warnings to ships at sea, and the terminal number rescue centres give for reports.
- 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)
17 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.
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- Man overboard from M/V ping tai rong 39 in 06-40.50S 163-35.50W at 021300Z feb2023-02-02
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 04-01.0S 164-27.8W at 061627Z apr2019-04-06
- Distress signal received in vicinity 05-44.07S 168-40.93W2018-03-18
- South pacific DNC 062017-10-05
- Man overboard from vessel shing man yi no 3 in 06-13S 167-03W at 311500Z jul2017-08-01
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 22:55Z; 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.