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M/V suso reports crewman requiring medical assistance in vicinity 15-58.08S 085-32.24W at 060110Z feb

South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 407/23

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Archived notice · 2023-02-24 16:18Z

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) · MRCC MADRID 0/23 060036Z FEB 23.. Issued 2023-02-06 00:41Z. 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 -15.968, -85.537. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Original warning text

EASTERN SOUTH PACIFIC.
DNC 07.
1. M/V SUSO REPORTS CREWMAN REQUIRING
   MEDICAL ASSISTANCE IN VICINITY
   15-58.08S 085-32.24W AT 060110Z FEB.
   VESSELS IN VICINITY ABLE TO PROVIDE MEDICAL
   ASSISTANCE REQUESTED TO ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
   REPORTS TO MRCC MADRID,
   PHONE: 349 1755 9132, 349 1755 9133,
   EMAIL: CNCS@SASEMAR.ES.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 387/23.

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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.
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HYDROPAC: The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.

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Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)

3 within 180 nm since 2004 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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