Incidents · capsize
Derelict vessel capsized and adrift in vicinity 09-32.5S 140-16.8E at 250545Z feb
Arafura Sea · Indonesia · HYDROPAC 492/22
- issued
- 2022-02-25 09:14Z
- status
- cancelled 2022-02-28 09:14Z (archive)
- self-cancels
- 2022-02-28 09:14Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 63/22 250845Z FEB 22.
- sea
- Arafura Sea
- position
- -9.542, 140.280
- source
- nga_json · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
ARAFURA SEA. INDONESIA. DNC 05. 1. DERELICT VESSEL CAPSIZED AND ADRIFT IN VICINITY 09-32.5S 140-16.8E AT 250545Z FEB. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 280914Z FEB 22.
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