Incidents · distress

Distress signal received in 09-06.2N 123-12.0E at 090709Z mar

Philippine Sea · HYDROPAC 816/17

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2017-03-24 14:15Z

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 SINGAPORE 090746Z MAR 17.. Issued 2017-03-09 08:17Z. 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
Philippine Sea. The parsed report position is 9.103, 123.200. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2017-03-09 08:17Z
status
Archived notice
authority
MRCC SINGAPORE 090746Z MAR 17.
issued by
MRCC SINGAPORE
sea
Philippine Sea
position
9.103, 123.200
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

BOHOL SEA.
PHILIPPINES.
DNC 11.
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED IN 09-06.2N 123-12.0E
AT 090709Z MAR. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED
TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO SINGAPORE PORT OPERATIONS CONTROL
CENTER, TELEX: 20021, PHONE: 656 226 5539,
FAX: 656 227 9971, E-MAIL: POCC@MPA.GOV.SG.

Reading this warning

DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)

12 within 180 nm since 2002 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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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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 2026-10-02 02:26Z; 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) →

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