Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations 27th of July 2015Case name: 2015_07_27-WM33
Situation: Vessel in distress between Morocco and Spain
Status of WTM Investigations: Concluded
Place of Incidents: Western Mediterranean Sea
Summary of the Cases: On Monday the 27th of July 2015, at approximately 4am, the Alarm Phone was contacted by 7 passengers on a vessel in distress in the Western Mediterranean Sea. They had left Cap Spartel in Morocco about one and a half hours earlier and were now in an emergency situation with water entering the vessel. They said that they could see a vessel of the Spanish search and rescue agency Salvamento Maritimo nearby. In a phone conversation with Salvamento Maritimo we were told that they would search for the vessel. We turned to the passengers and informed them that rescue services had been notified. Afterwards, the travellers could not be reached again. At about 5:40am, our shift team received the information that the vessel had been intercepted by the Moroccan Navy.
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