Distress signal received in 13-32S 093-21E at 061406Z jan
Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 54/09
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2009-01-06 18:22Z
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) · AUSSAR 147/09 061541Z JAN 09.. Issued 2009-01-06 16:17Z. 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 -13.533, 93.350. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 27-53S 153-46E at 061850Z janlater cancellation notice
These messages are connected by recorded cancellation references. The links establish relationships between notices; they do not by themselves confirm a single object, a continuous track, or recovery.
- HYDROPAC 54/09 · this notice2009-01-06 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 56/092009-01-06 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2009-01-06 16:17Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- AUSSAR 147/09 061541Z JAN 09.
- issued by
- AUSSAR
- sea
- Indian Ocean
- position
- -13.533, 93.350
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED IN 13-32S 093-21E AT 061406Z JAN. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT,ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO RCC AUSTRALIA, PHONE: 6 126 230 6811, FAX: 6 126 230 6868, E-MAIL: RCCAUS@AMSA.GOV.AU.
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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
8 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 13-51.80S 093-12.30E at 052327Z oct2022-10-06
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 12-00.4S 094-48.1E at 190757Z oct2015-10-19
- Mauritius to australia2013-08-23
- Vessel, 75 persons on board, in need of assistance vicinity 12-30S 096-10E at 250640Z aug2012-08-25
- Distress signal received from F/V chung yong 83 in 15-23.52S 091-28.62E at 071832Z dec2011-12-07
- Vessel tasneem reports disabled solo crewman in 11-21S 094-08E at 100247Z oct2003-10-10
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 2026-10-03 15:40Z; 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.