Unidentified AIS sightings in Northern Canada?!?!?!?

[Steve Geronazzo]

Hi all,

I just noticed two 'strange' sightings on AIS that don't make sense.

One in Northern Qu

[peterredd]

Steve i have been looking for some time and i cannot find the mystery sightings.. But i will continue to look.. I cannot see how a ship or whatever it is could get out of that position on Onaman Lake...



Cheers

[Steve Geronazzo]

Hi Peter,

They are not there anymore. It is probably an error but I'm just wondering how that kind of error could occur.

I just noticed another one near the Airport in Montreal.

Could they be float-planes?

Steve

[Hannes van Rijn]

Hi Steve.

I have checked the MMSI numbers ,but the numbers do not exist.

Rgds:Hannes.

[Kyle Stubbs]

Well, I did find several references to MMSI numbers being given to SAR aircraft (http://www.gmdss.com.au/mmsi%20for%20sar%20aircraft.html), however, they seem to specify codes beginning with "111"

According to Wikipedia, MMSI numbers beginning with "2" are assigned to Europe...

[Steve Geronazzo]

Here is another one at the Montreal Airport.

MMSI : 081688937

According to this website the ships is 'length 253 m width 23 m draft 7.4 m'
http://aprs.fi/info/i/081688937

Is it possible that the AIS system is undergoing maintenance and is taken away from a ship?

[Barry Dewling]

There was a similar one a few days ago in the middle of St John's, Newfoundland, turned out to be a what you said, the AIS computer was removed from the ship and was being serviced. They turned it on for testing

[Steve Geronazzo]

Thanks Barry,

That seems to be the most plausible explanation.

Steve