Man overboard from F/V avo vicinity 34-49.8S 039-39.8E at 070500Z apr
Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 627/07
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2007-05-26 06:55Z
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 CAPE TOWN RADIO 071019Z APR 07.. Issued 2007-04-07 17:40Z. 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 -34.830, 39.663. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2007-04-07 17:40Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC CAPE TOWN RADIO 071019Z APR 07.
- issued by
- MRCC CAPE TOWN RADIO
- sea
- Indian Ocean
- position
- -34.830, 39.663
- vessel
- F/V AVO
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
MAN OVERBOARD FROM F/V AVO VICINITY 34-49.8S 039-39.8E AT 070500Z APR. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO CAPE TOWN RADIO.
Reading this warning
- Man overboard
- Someone has gone into the water from a vessel; ships in the area are asked to look for them.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
11 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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.
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- Distress signal received from vessel tenn mihg yang 268 in vicinity 34-53.5S 041-48.4E2019-05-07
- F/V fu-kuo no 101 reports crewman with stab wound2018-05-27
- F/V fu-kuo no 101 reports crewman with stab wound2018-05-26
- Man overboard from F/V tenn ming yang 888 in 34-36S 041-35E at 100700Z apr2018-04-10
- M/V odigitria reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 34-25S 041-28E at 021244Z feb2009-02-02
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 2026-10-02 04:34Z; 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.