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Vessel with doctor requested to provide medical assistance within 15 hours of vicinity 12-00S 120-00E

Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 862/11

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2011-03-20 05:28Z

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 1911/11 192225Z MAR 11.. Issued 2011-03-19 22:46Z. 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 -12.000, 120.000. 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

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  1. HYDROPAC 862/11 · this notice2011-03-19 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROPAC 877/112011-03-21 · Archived notice
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issued
2011-03-19 22:46Z
status
Archived notice
authority
AUSSAR 1911/11 192225Z MAR 11.
issued by
AUSSAR
sea
Indian Ocean
position
-12.000, 120.000
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

NORTHEASTERN INDIAN OCEAN.
VESSEL WITH DOCTOR REQUESTED TO PROVIDE
MEDICAL ASSISTANCE WITHIN 15 HOURS OF VICINITY
12-00S 120-00E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED
TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO RCC AUSTRALIA, PHONE: 612 623 06811,
FAX: 612 623 06868, E-MAIL: RCCAUS@AMSA.GOV.AU.

Reading this warning

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

41 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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Month of issue in the collected archive

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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 2026-10-03 11:51Z; source collection times vary.

Incidents

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