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Vessel requesting assistance vicinity 08-00S 121-00E at 311024Z dec

Flores Sea · HYDROPAC 4069/13

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2014-01-02 12:09Z

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) · RCC BASARNAS 311024Z DEC 13.. Issued 2013-12-31 11:15Z. 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
Flores Sea. The parsed report position is -8.000, 121.000. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2013-12-31 11:15Z
status
Archived notice
authority
RCC BASARNAS 311024Z DEC 13.
issued by
RCC BASARNAS
sea
Flores Sea
position
-8.000, 121.000
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

INDONESIA.
FLORES SEA.
VESSEL REQUESTING ASSISTANCE VICINITY 08-00S 121-00E
AT 311024Z DEC. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED
TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO RCC BASARNAS, PHONE: 6221 6586 7510,
FAX: 6221 6586 7512, E-MAIL: KAGAHAR@BASARNAS.GO.ID,
KAGAHAR@YAHOO.COM, KAGAHAR@GMAIL.COM.

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.
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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · other warnings

4 within 180 nm since 2013 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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20

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

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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 08:17Z; 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.