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ing the Philip
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ed
th
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de
or
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ld
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w
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might
track of Trop
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that the storm
ng the North
hi
er forecasts—
us
th
br
ea
e
w
e
tim
th
of
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owed that M
t of
forecasts sh
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avoid it. At th
knots—which
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to
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at
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ly
pi
cr
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time of the ca
the Northern
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d headed for
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e
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track of the st
their route. Th
the forecast
confident of
ite
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ed
they knew of
em
and se
t in distress,
they were no
n.
, Pangasina
B alarm sent
past Bolinao
call. The EPIR
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on
ph
le
te
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ter the
UTC+8
out 60 nautic
17.5 hours af
t
3h
ab
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ou
e,
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,
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ay
at
re
th
rd
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as, at
as trigge
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m position w
on (EPIRB) w
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nc
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ge
w
er
th
em
ou
the S
Europa’s
ical miles to
f,
out 145 naut
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Mujigae.
rm
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vessel and th
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e
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th
of
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ry
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ly,
th
te
s,
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tu
es
el
or
th
nf
e. U
. Never
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hed HK MRC
ay of identifyi
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w
re
n
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at
ha
rm
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an
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in its records,
d not have it
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as
w
ng
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ot
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investigate. N
dozens of nu
ht be one of
ig
m
were
al
gn
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EPIRB
levant offices
n, but the re
ered that the
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ra
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st
ubic
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,
it
re
er
at
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as
b
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4 Octo
rmal ETA S
y to identify th
was their no
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