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Vessel, black hull with white stripes, four persons on board, disabled and adrift between long island…

Papua New Guinea-northeast Coast · Vitiaz Strait · HYDROPAC 479/14

issued: 2014-02-18 09:51Z
status: cancelled 2014-02-21 04:29Z (archive)
authority: AUSSAR 1051/14 180835Z FEB 14.
sea: Bismarck Sea
position: -5.275, 146.400
source: nga_json · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

PAPUA NEW GUINEA-NORTHEAST COAST.
VITIAZ STRAIT.
VESSEL, BLACK HULL WITH WHITE STRIPES, FOUR PERSONS
ON BOARD, DISABLED AND ADRIFT BETWEEN LONG ISLAND
(05-20S 147-00E) AND MADANG (05-13S 145-48E). VESSELS
IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT,
ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC PORT MORESBY,
PHONE: 675 7351 7017 OR RCC AUSTRALIA, PHONE: 612 6230 6811,
FAX: 612 6230 6868, E-MAIL: [email protected].

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Timeline

Cancel HYDROPAC 479/14 and this msg, vessel located safecancelled by · 2014-02-21

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