27/09: 8 persons left from Tanger Med, rescued to Spain probably from close to Moroccan coast

28.09.2017 / 16:35 / Western Mediterranean Sea

Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 27th of September 2017

Case name: 2017_09_27-WM163
Situation: 8 persons left from Tanger Med, rescued to Spain probably from close to Moroccan coast
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Western Mediterranean Sea

Summary of the Case: On Wednesday the 27th of September 2017 at 7.45am, a contact person alerted the Alarm Phone to a boat in distress with 8 persons on board, which had started from Tanger Med/Morocco in the direction of Spain. They could still see the Moroccan coast, but their boat was loosing air and 4 persons had already fallen into the water. They asked to be rescued immediately, even by the Moroccan authorities. In order to not loose any minute, giving this severe situation of distress, at 7.48am, we directly called the Moroccan Marine Royale, which was, however, already informed about the case and told us that a rescue operation had already started. At 7.50am, we called the travellers directly and heard them shouting about Salvamento and BOZA!, indicating that they might have been rescued by the Spanish rescue organization Salvamento Maritimo. In another call at 7.53am, they confirmed to us that all 8 persons had been rescued by the Spanish organization and that they were on their way to Spain.
Last update: 08:49 Oct 29, 2017
Credibility: UP DOWN 0
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  • Border police patrols
     
    While the exact location of patrols is of course constantly changing, this line indicates the approximate boundary routinely patrolled by border guards’ naval assets. In the open sea, it usually correspond to the outer extent of the contiguous zone, the area in which “State may exercise the control necessary to prevent infringement of its customs, fiscal, immigration or sanitary laws” (UNCLOS, art. 33). Data source: interviews with border police officials.
  • Coastal radars
     
    Approximate radar beam range covered by coastal radars operating in the frame of national marine traffic monitoring systems. The actual beam depends from several different parameters (including the type of object to be detected). Data source: Finmeccanica.
  • Exclusive Economic Zone
     
    Maritime area beyond and adjacent to the territorial sea in which the coastal state exercises sovereign rights for the purposes of exploring and exploiting, conserving and managing the natural resources, whether living or non-living, the seabed and its subsoil and the superjacent waters. Its breadth is 200 nautical miles from the straight baselines from which the territorial sea is measured (UNCLOS, Arts. 55, 56 and 57). Data source: Juan Luis Suárez de Vivero, Atlas of the European Seas and Oceans
  • Frontex operations
     
    Frontex has, in the past few years, carried out several sea operations at the maritime borders of the EU. The blue shapes indicate the approximate extend of these operations. Data source: Migreurop Altas.
  • Mobile phone coverage
     
    Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) network coverage. Data source: Collins Mobile Coverage.
  • Oil and gas platforms
     
    Oil and gas platforms in the Mediterranean. Data source:
  • Search and Rescue Zone
     
    An area of defined dimensions within which a given state is has the responsibility to co-ordinate Search and Rescue operations, i.e. the search for, and provision of aid to, persons, ships or other craft which are, or are feared to be, in distress or imminent danger. Data source: IMO availability of search and rescue (SAR) services - SAR.8/Circ.3, 17 June 2011.
  • Territorial Waters
     
    A belt of sea (usually extending up to 12 nautical miles) upon which the sovereignty of a coastal State extends (UNCLOS, Art. 2). Data source: Juan Luis Suárez de Vivero, Atlas of the European Seas and Oceans

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