Distress signal received from aircraft, one person on board, between badu island and horn island
HYDROPAC 65/02
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2002-01-11 08:10Z
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 269/02 POR EGC 61972 110256Z JAN 02. Issued 2002-01-11 05:40Z. 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
- No named location parsed. No usable coordinates were parsed; a location-based nearby search is unavailable. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
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- HYDROPAC 65/02 · this notice2002-01-11 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 66/022002-01-11 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2002-01-11 05:40Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- AUSSAR 269/02 POR EGC 61972 110256Z JAN 02
- issued by
- AUSSAR
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED FROM AIRCRAFT, ONE PERSON ON BOARD, BETWEEN BADU ISLAND AND HORN ISLAND. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO RCC AUSTRALIA, TELEX: 7162025, PHONE: 612 6230 6811.
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.
- Persons on board (POB)
- The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
- 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.
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Worldwide in the collected sources
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Record snapshot 2026-10-02 02:53Z; source collection times vary.
Incidents
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