Flares sighted in vicinity 12-01.5S 135-33.5E
Arafura Sea · HYDROPAC 3868/16
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2016-12-12 22:19Z
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 7632/16 121454Z DEC 16.. Issued 2016-12-12 15:18Z. 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
- Arafura Sea. The parsed report position is -12.025, 135.558. 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 3868/16 and this msg, search suspendedlater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2016-12-12 15:18Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- JRCC AUSTRALIA 7632/16 121454Z DEC 16.
- issued by
- JRCC AUSTRALIA
- sea
- Arafura Sea
- position
- -12.025, 135.558
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
ARAFURA SEA. AUSTRALIA-NORTH COAST. DNC 05. FLARES SIGHTED IN VICINITY 12-01.5S 135-33.5E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, 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.
- 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.
- 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 · other warnings
11 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.
- Two 40 meter long fish havens with rope adrift in 09-52.5S 136-04.6E at 190724Z mar2022-03-19
- 15 meter long rope adrift in vicinity 09-43.3S 134-22.5E at 090402Z mar2022-03-09
- Fishing net abandoned in vicinity 13-51S 136-58E2021-09-13
- Net with float adrift in 09-39.7S 136-13.7E at 010822Z jan2020-01-01
- 14 meter S/V su ying, blue and white hull, unreported darwin (12-27S 130-50E) to gove (12-17S 136-49E)2014-06-04
- Possible abandoned 14 meter S/V viking, white hull, in 10-04.44S 134-38.31E at 030231Z oct2013-10-03
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
23 other warnings listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 05:34Z; source collection times vary.
Other
Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →
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.