Incidents

Search and rescue operations 070001Z to 071000Z mar in area bound by 20-41.1N 107-01.9E, 20-38.3N 107-05.9E,…

Gulf of Tonkin · Vietnam · HYDROPAC 733/19

issued
2019-03-05 04:07Z
status
cancelled 2019-03-07 11:00Z (archive)
self-cancels
2019-03-07 11:00Z
authority
MRCC VIETNAM 050300Z MAR 19.
sea
South China Sea
position
20.638, 107.036
source
nga_json · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

GULF OF TONKIN.
VIETNAM.
DNC 23.
1. SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS 070001Z TO 071000Z MAR
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   20-41.1N 107-01.9E, 20-38.3N 107-05.9E,
   20-35.5N 107-01.7E, 20-38.3N 106-58.7E.
   CAUTION ADVISED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 071100Z MAR 19.

Activity windows · 1 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2019-03-07 00:01Z2019-03-07 10:00Z9 h 59

Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.

This area · distress & casualty cases (archived)

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Timeline · 4 messages since 2019-02-20 · closed 2019-03-15

  1. Man overboard from M/V minh nguyet 88 in vicinity 20-42.5N 107-15.6E2019-02-20 → 2019-02-28
  2. Vessel capsized and adrift in 20-16.02N 106-41.72E on 23 feb2019-02-23 → 2019-02-23
  3. Vessel capsized and adrift in 20-16.02N 106-41.72E at 230251Z feb2019-02-23 → 2019-03-15
  4. Search and rescue operations 070001Z to 071000Z mar in area bound by 20-41.1N 107-01.9E, 20-38.3N 107-05.9E,… this message2019-03-05 → 2019-03-07

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Nearby now · within 120 nm

Nothing else in force within 120 nm.

Worldwide now

3 distress & casualty cases (archived) in force · see all

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)

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