Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 8th of May 2019Case name: 2019_05_08-WM390
Situation: 13 travellers from Cap Spartel rescued to Spain
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Western Mediterranean Sea
Summary of the Case:
On Wednesday, 8th of May, at 9:21am CEST, the Alarm Phone was alerted to a boat in distress that had left from Cap Spartel at 0:30am, carrying 13 people, among them 2 women. We were informed that the travellers were rowing towards Spain. We didn’t manage to establish a connection to the boat until 1 :37pm. They managed to send their GPS position at 2 :28pm. At 2 :36pm we called the Spanish rescue authority Salvamento Maritimo, that asked us to send all information via email. At 2 :40pm, the email was sent to SM Tarifa and the Central office in Madrid. At 2 :50pm we called SM Tarifa again that confirmed they would initiate a rescue of 13 people in the vicinity. At 3 :26pm we received a new GPS position of the boat. At 3 :34pm we called SM Tarifa again that said they would arrive at the position within 8 minutes. At 3:50pm the contact person confirmed that the people had been rescued to Spain and were all in good condition.
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