Distress signal received in 65-34.7N 037-35.9W
North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 299/19
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2019-04-26 13:20Z
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) · AASIAAT RADIO 101655Z APR 19.. Issued 2019-04-10 17:37Z. 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
- North Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is 65.578, -37.598. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2019-04-10 17:37Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- AASIAAT RADIO 101655Z APR 19.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- AASIAAT RADIO
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 65.578, -37.598
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
NORTH ATLANTIC. GREENLAND. DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED IN 65-34.7N 037-35.9W. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO AASIAAT RADIO, E-MAIL: OYR@TELEPOST.GL.
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)
20 within 180 nm since 2012 · 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.
- Vessel, two persons on board, unreported kuummiut (65-51-55N 037-00-30W) to tasiilaq (65-36-49N 037-37-52W)…2018-07-11
- Man overboard in vicinity 65-54.9N 037-00.5W on 11 oct2017-10-13
- Vessel, one person on board, unreported isertoq (65-32-55N 038-58-30W) to tasiilaq (65-36-49N 037-37-52W)2017-07-20
- Vessel, one person on board, requesting assistance in vicinity sermilik fjord (66-00N 037-52W)2017-07-12
- Vessel, four persons on board, unreported tasiilaq (65-36-49N 037-37-52W) to isertoq (65-32-55N 038-58-30W)2017-06-09
- Vessel, white hull, three persons on board, overdue tasiilaq (65-36-49N 037-37-52W) to kulusuk (65-34-31N…2017-04-28
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 06:37Z; 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.