Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 7th of June 2019
Case name: 2019_06_07-WM395
Situation: Alarm Phone alerted to two boats from Cap Spartel in distress. The boats were intercepted by Moroccan Marine Royale and brought back to Morocco.
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Western Mediterranean

Summary of the case: In the morning of Friday the 7th of June the Alarm phone was alerted to two boats that had left from Cap Spartel the night before. Both boats were eventually intercepted by the Moroccan Marine Royale.

On Friday the 7th of June, at 8.25 am CEST the Alarm Phone was alerted to a boat with 14 travellers that had left from Cap Spartel the previous night. Our shift team managed to establish contact with the boat and the travellers informed us that there were 4 women and 2 children amongst them, but we were not able to obtain further information. However, at around 11am we received the information that the boat had been intercepted by the Moroccan Marine Royale.

On the same day, at 08.52 am CEST, the Alarm Phone was alerted to a second boat with 11 travellers that had left from Cap Spartel the previous night. At 10.40 am CEST we managed to establish contact with the boat. The connection was bad but they confirmed that they were 11 men, and that the weather was bad; windy and with high waves. After having unsuccessfully tried to re-establish contact with the boat and get a GPS position, at 1.00pm we informed Salvamento Maritimo. At 2.08pm Salvamento Maritimo informed us that the boat had been rescued by Moroccan Marine Royale. Later in the afternoon the information was confirmed by the travellers themselves.