Distress signal received vicinity 10-52S 042-25E at 161612Z mar
Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 923/15
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2015-03-16 19:31Z
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 REUNION 161612Z MAR 15.. Issued 2015-03-16 17:18Z. 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 -10.867, 42.417. 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
- M/V sea cat, ten persons on board, disabled and adrift in 10-58S 042-18E at 161730Z marlater 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 923/15 · this notice2015-03-16 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 926/152015-03-16 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2015-03-16 17:18Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC REUNION 161612Z MAR 15.
- issued by
- MRCC REUNION
- sea
- Indian Ocean
- position
- -10.867, 42.417
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN. DNC 02. DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED VICINITY 10-52S 042-25E AT 161612Z MAR. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC REUNION, INMARSAT-C: 422799193, PHONE: 2622 6243 4343.
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.
- MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre)
- A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
- Inmarsat-C / SafetyNET
- The satellite system that carries NAVAREA warnings to ships at sea, and the terminal number rescue centres give for reports.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
110 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 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.
- Six meter F/V, white hull, two persons on board, overdue moroni harbor (11-42.00S 043-14.54E) and return2023-07-27
- F/V ND517, two persons on board, overdue anjouan island to mayotte2023-06-11
- Six meter F/V, blue hull, two persons on board, overdue from hantsindzi (11-26.00S 043-24.00E)2023-06-06
- F/V, yellow and blue hull, two persons on board, overdue grand comoros island (11-55.00S 043-30.00E) to…2023-05-29
- F/V, two persons on board, overdue anjouan island (12-14.00S 044-19.00E) to mayotte island (12-58.00S…2023-05-29
- Seven meter F/V, white hull, two persons on board, overdue2023-05-22
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
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 2026-10-02 03:24Z; 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.