Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 19th of September 2018Case name: 2018_09_19-WM334
Situation: 54 people rescued by MR
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Western Mediterranean Sea
Summary of the Case: At 8.00am CEST on September 19th, 2018, the Alarm Phone shift team was alerted to a boat of 54 people, including 12 women and 2 babies. The shift team was told that the boat had turned over, and thus travelers were in the water. At 8.25am, the shift team was able to get in touch with the boat, and they asked the Alarm Phone to contact the Marine Royale as water was entering the boat. At 8.30am, the shift team called the Marine Royale, who was in touch with the travelers and said that a search operation was already underway. The shift team was unable to regain contact with the boat. At 10.48am, they received confirmation that the travelers had been saved by the Marine Royale and brought back to Morocco.
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