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Show incidents from To Date: 03/10/2025Friday 3rd October, 3:12 pm – A telegraph pole was reported to be drifting near Gibbet Island, Flatts Inlet. Bermuda Radio broadcast a local Navigation Warning (LNW) regarding the floating hazard to navigation. The pole was reported again off Devonshire Dock on Friday 10th October and the LNW refreshed, there were no further updates and the LNW has now lapsed.Date: 02/10/2025Thursday 2nd October, 6:30 am – RCC Bermuda received an unlocated first alert from a Bermuda programmed EPIRB, the beacon was registered to the Cruise Ship VENTURA. The Carnival Fleet Operations Centre was able to confirm the ship was in the Bay of Biscay bound for Southampton, however the active beacon was no longer onboard the ship as it had been returned to the vendor when replaced. The alert was generated from a location near Bristol in the U.K., the cause of the false alert is being investigated.Date: 30/09/2025Tuesday 30th September, 10:15 am – RCC Bermuda received an unlocated first alert from a Bermuda programmed EPIRB, the beacon was correctly registered allowing the owner to be quickly contacted by telephone. The owner was with the boat which had just been lifted out of the water, further investigation found the beacon had been activated when it got wet inside a locker in the boat.Date: 28/09/2025Sunday 28th September, 5:10 pm – A 911 call was transferred to RCC Bermuda from police COMOPS, the caller was onboard a small punt with one other person and is concerned that they may drift out to sea as they do not have an engine or paddles. Further discussion found the small punt was off Kings Point, Coast Guard responded quickly and towed the boat to Mangrove Bay public dock, Coast Guard found the 2 people onboard had recently bought the punt were using sticks to propel it.Date: 24/09/2025Wednesday 24th September, 11:10 pm – A representative from Frontier Airlines contacted RCC Bermuda to advise that an aircraft was diverting to Bermuda due to a medical emergency. The Airbus A321 enroute from Philadelphia to Puerto Rico was approximately 30 minutes flying time from Bermuda when the emergency was declared, Bermuda Radio contacted Fire Dispatch, Police COMOPS and essential airport staff prior to the aircraft making a safe landing in Bermuda to disembark the patient.Date: 22/09/2025Monday 22nd September, 11:30 pm – The Captain of CARNIVAL PRIDE called RCC Bermuda via satellite telephone advising that a passenger needed to be medically disembarked and the ship had increased speed to try and arrive in Bermuda on Tuesday afternoon rather than Wednesday morning as scheduled. The ship took pilot at 5 pm on Tuesday afternoon and the passenger, who had suffered a head injury in a fall was transferred to a waiting ambulance once CARNIVAL PRIDE arrived alongside in Dockyard.Date: 20/09/2025Saturday 20th September, 9:50 pm – Telephone call received from a concerned family member regarding three people who went out fishing early Saturday morning and have not yet returned. RADAR showed several vessels fishing in the area and weather conditions were good. Very little information was available about the plans for the trip and the boat involved, none of the crew members could be reached by cell phone or VHF. A couple of hours later the boat returned safely.Date: 20/09/2025Saturday 20th September, 7:15 am – Fire Dispatch conference in Bermuda Radio on a telephone call reporting a Jet Ski on fire in Little Sound. Bermuda Radio advised Bermuda Coast Guard who were operating in the area and the reporting source helpfully sent a video clip of the vessel suspected to be on fire. Coast Guard were unable to find a vessel on fire in the area, they did however speak with a fishing vessel which was making smoke due to a defect. After searching the area, the case was considered a false alert with no further action to be taken.
