Bahamas to jamaica
Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 98/17
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2017-02-24 14:17Z
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) · COLOMBIA 20/17 080903Z FEB 17.. Issued 2017-02-08 09:03Z. 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
- Caribbean Sea. The parsed report position is 19.520, -75.112. 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.
- HYDROLANT 94/172017-01-09 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 436/172017-02-08 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 98/17 · this notice2017-02-08 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Caribbean Sea →
- issued
- 2017-02-08 09:03Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- COLOMBIA 20/17 080903Z FEB 17.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- COLOMBIA
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 19.520, -75.112
- vessel
- M/V FATAL ATTRACTION · 3 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. CARIBBEAN SEA. BAHAMAS TO JAMAICA. 14 METER M/V FATAL ATTRACTION, FOUR PERSONS ON BOARD, UNREPORTED INAGUA (21-03.4N 073-25.5W) TO JAMAICA (17-59.0N 076-48.0W). VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO ANY COASTAL RADIO STATION.
Reading this warning
- Persons on board (POB)
- The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
- 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)
81 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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.
- Derelict liferaft adrift in 19-48.45N 074-11.23W2024-04-29
- Derelict liferaft adrift in 19-48.45N 074-11.23W2024-04-29
- Man overboard from cruise ship liberty of the seas in 20-57.8N 074-32.8W2024-04-04
- S/V, numerous persons on board, requesting assistance in 20-19.69N 072-09.07W2024-03-08
- Distress signal received from vessel in 19-04.90N 074-30.40W2024-01-24
- 20 foot canoe, blue hull, two persons on board, overdue from yallahs (17-52.00N 076-34.00W)2023-11-15
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 04:03Z; 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.