Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 34-12S 114-19E at 210720Z may
Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 942/02
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2002-05-21 11:50Z
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 3863/02 210741Z MAY 02 POR EGC #554. Issued 2002-05-21 09:10Z. 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 -34.200, 114.317. 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
- Distress signal received on 243 mhz in 23-30N 148-42E at 211035Z maylater cancellation notice
These messages are connected by recorded cancellation references. The links establish relationships between notices; they do not by themselves confirm a single object, a continuous track, or recovery.
- HYDROPAC 942/02 · this notice2002-05-21 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 943/022002-05-21 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2002-05-21 09:10Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- AUSSAR 3863/02 210741Z MAY 02 POR EGC #554
- issued by
- AUSSAR
- sea
- Indian Ocean
- position
- -34.200, 114.317
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 121.5 MHZ VICINITY 34-12S 114-19E AT 210720Z MAY. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO RCC AUSTRALIA, TELEX: 7162025, PHONE: 612 6230 6811, FAX: 612 6230 6868.
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.
- 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.
- RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre)
- The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
62 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.
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- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 31-47.87S 115-40.40E at 240537Z mar2024-03-24
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 31-32.80S 115-26.10E at 160223Z dec2023-12-16
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 32-45.27S 115-19.47E at 310749Z jul2023-07-31
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 35-04.10S 116-45.40E at 090530Z apr2023-04-09
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel sea swirl striper in 31-43.40S 115-21.93E at 250110Z jun2022-06-25
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 2026-10-03 06:32Z; 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.