Aircraft, 239 persons on board, unreported
South China Sea · HYDROPAC 662/14
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2014-03-11 01:25Z
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 VUNGTAU 080402Z MAR 14.. Issued 2014-03-08 04:49Z. 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
- South China Sea. The parsed report position is 6.933, 103.583. 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
- Aircraft, 239 persons on board, unreportedlater cancellation notice
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROPAC 662/14 · this notice2014-03-08 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 684/142014-03-11 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South China Sea →
- issued
- 2014-03-08 04:49Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC VUNGTAU 080402Z MAR 14.
- issued by
- MRCC VUNGTAU
- sea
- South China Sea
- position
- 6.933, 103.583
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SOUTH CHINA SEA. AIRCRAFT, 239 PERSONS ON BOARD, UNREPORTED. LAST KNOWN POSITION VICINITY 06-56N 103-35E AT 071720Z MAR. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC VUNGTAU, PHONE: 64 385 0950, FAX: 64 381 0353.
Reading this warning
- Persons on board (POB)
- The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
- Last known position
- The most recent confirmed position of a missing vessel or person — the starting point of a search.
- 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.
- MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre)
- A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
358 within 180 nm since 2000 · 3 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.
- Man overboard from vessel bot pukat jerut jhfa in 06-21.23N 103-55.05E at 151500Z aug2026-08-18
- One person missing from F/V kg 94532 ts in 09-16.95N 104-34.96E at 151230Z aug2026-08-15
- Man overboard from F/V tg 90136 ts in 08-53.00N 104-09.00E at 242200Z nov2025-11-25
- F/V cm 05908 ts, one person on board, sank in 09-22.00N 104-48.00E at 030145Z jun2025-06-03
- F/V cm 99793 ts sank in 08-57.00N 105-29.00E at 101000Z apr2024-04-11
- Man overboard from F/V cm 02735 ts in vicinity 08-59.00N 104-40.00E at 121500Z mar2024-03-13
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 07:04Z; 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.