Incidents

Search and rescue exercises 021300Z to 021430Z apr in area within three miles of 04-53.07N 052-12.69W

North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 366/24

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2024-03-29 15:55Z

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) · AVURNAV LOCAL CAYENNE 1056/24 251008Z MAR 24.. Issued 2024-03-29 03:55Z. 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 4.885, -52.212 with a 3.0 nm radius. 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.

  1. NAVAREA IV 343/242024-03-25 · Archived notice
  2. NAVAREA IV 366/24 · this notice2024-03-29 · Archived notice
  3. NAVAREA IV 446/242024-04-19 · Archived notice
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Activity windows · 1 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2024-04-02 13:00Z2024-04-02 14:30Z—1 h 30

Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.

issued
2024-03-29 03:55Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2024-04-02 15:30Z
authority
AVURNAV LOCAL CAYENNE 1056/24 251008Z MAR 24.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA IV
issued by
AVURNAV LOCAL CAYENNE
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
4.885, -52.212 · r 3.0 nm
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
FRENCH GUIANA.
1. SEARCH AND RESCUE EXERCISES 021300Z
   TO 021430Z APR IN AREA WITHIN THREE MILES OF
   04-53.07N 052-12.69W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 021530Z APR 24.

Reading this warning

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.
Within a radius of
A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
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.
CANCEL THIS MSG
The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

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

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

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24

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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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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 02:01Z; 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.