Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 27-15S 055-15E
Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 530/09
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2009-04-25 09:29Z
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 REUNION 131601Z MAR 09.. Issued 2009-03-13 16:22Z. 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
- Indian Ocean. The parsed report position is -27.250, 55.250. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2009-03-13 16:22Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC REUNION 131601Z MAR 09.
- issued by
- MRCC REUNION
- sea
- Indian Ocean
- position
- -27.250, 55.250
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 406 MHZ IN 27-15S 055-15E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC REUNION, INMARSAT: 422799193, TELEX: 916140, PHONE: 26 226 243 4343, FAX: 26 226 271 1595, E-MAIL: REUNION@MRCCFR.EU.
Reading this warning
- Distress signal received
- A rescue centre has received an alert — from a beacon, a radio call or a satellite terminal — and is asking ships to look.
- 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.
- MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre)
- A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
- Inmarsat-C / SafetyNET
- The satellite system that carries NAVAREA warnings to ships at sea, and the terminal number rescue centres give for reports.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
12 within 180 nm since 2004 · 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.
- S/V kaerou, one person on board, dismasted and adrift in 29-14.97S 057-17.73E at 040807Z jan2019-01-04
- Vessel ming man hsiang 18 sinking, two persons overboard in 26-43.44S 055-38.30E at 250428Z oct2017-10-25
- Man overboard from M/V der hae 2 vicinity 25-46S 056-21E between 232100Z and 232200Z sep2016-09-24
- Derelict 15 meter vessel, green hull, capsized and adrift vicinity 24-56.48S 056-35.83E on 06 apr2016-04-07
- Derelict M/V, blue hull, capsized and adrift vicinity 25-57.8S 053-31.0E at 131000Z aug2015-08-14
- Distress signal received from M/V cap pierre in 25-10S 053-26E at 140546Z jun2014-06-14
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
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-24 17:41Z; source collection times vary.
Incidents
Search-and-rescue broadcasts, published only once a case has been closed for 30 days: groundings, sinkings, capsizes, fires, man overboard, overdue vessels. Nothing here is live. All current distress & casualty cases (archived) →
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.