Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigation – 30th of May 2015Case name: 2015_05_30-WM13
Situation: Distress call from the Western Mediterranean Sea, interception by Moroccan Navy
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Western Mediterranean Sea, near Morocco
Summary of the Case: On Saturday the 30th of May 2015, our Alarm Phone shift team received a distress call at around 8.30am from a vessel that had left the Moroccan shore at around 4am. We were informed that 10 people were on the vessel, including 1 woman and 1 child who were seasick, and water was entering the vessel. We immediately informed the Spanish rescue agency Salvamento Maritimo. At around 9.30am, contact to the passengers was re-established and we told them that a rescue operation was launched. Again about 1 hour later, we learned in a phone conversation that they were intercepted and rescued by the Moroccan Marine Royal. They were disappointed but glad to be safe.
Last update: 12:51 Jun 02, 2015
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