Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 10-44-45N 059-31-13E vessels in vicinity requested to keep a sharp…
Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 93/08
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2008-03-01 08:51Z
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) · CAPE TOWN RADIO 180141Z JAN 08.. Issued 2008-01-18 02:07Z. 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
- Arabian Sea. The parsed report position is 10.746, 59.520. 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
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 93/08 · this notice2008-01-18 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 96/082008-01-18 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2008-01-18 02:07Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- CAPE TOWN RADIO 180141Z JAN 08.
- issued by
- CAPE TOWN RADIO
- sea
- Arabian Sea
- position
- 10.746, 59.520
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 406 MHZ IN 10-44-45N 059-31-13E VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO CAPE TOWN RADIO, TELEX: 095 511 600, PHONE: 0027 215 512 617, E-MAIL: MARITIMERADIO@IXMAIL.CO.ZA.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
25 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.
- Distress signal received in 10-45.00N 061-30.00E2024-03-15
- 12 meter S/V exultet II, white hull, seven persons on board, overdue sri lanka (06-56.00N 079-52.00E) to…2023-03-22
- Man overboard from M/V galini in vicinity 10-57.1N 061-33.4E at 262200Z feb2022-02-27
- M/V gray palm reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 13-15N 060-20E at 1730Z mar2021-03-06
- M/V faneromeni reports fire and person requiring medical assistance in 11-02-01N 060-43-59E2020-08-19
- 36 foot S/V intrepid, white hull, three persons on board, requesting assistance in vicinity of kochi…2020-03-07
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 00:53Z; 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.