Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 18th August 2021Case name: 2021_08_18-WM674
Situation: 10 travellers in distress in the Alboran, rescued and brought to Motril.
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Western Mediterranean
Summary: On Wednesday the 18th of August 2021 in the evening, the Alarm Phone shift team was alerted by a relative to a boat carrying 10 travellers in distress in the Alboran Sea. The travellers had left the same morning at 04.00 CEST from around Al Hoceima on a blue rubber boat. The relative informed us that the boats engine had broken down, leaving the travellers adrift. The boat was taking in water and that the weather in the area was bad. At 22.20 CEST we alerted the Spanish search and rescue organisation Salvamento Maritimo to the distress of the travellers. The following afternoon we learned from relatives of the travellers that they had been rescued and brought to Motril. This was rescues was later confirmed by Salvamento Maritimo.
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