Watch the Med
Development WTM site29/08: 42 travelers leave from Tan Tan, 11 die on the way.
30.08.2021 / 12:35 / Atlantic
Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 29th August 2021
Case name: 2021_08_29-WM684
Situation: 42 travelers (12 women, 20 men, 10 children) leave from Tan Tan, Morocco. 11 of them die, before they are found and brought to the Canaries.
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Atlantic
Summary of the case:
On the 29th August 2021 at 10h30 CEST, a friend of someone on a boat alerted the Alarm Phone about a possible distress case. According to the friend, there were 42 travelers (12 women, 20 men, 10 children) on a grey zodiac. They had left from Tan Tan, Morocco, on the 27th August at 03h00 CEST, going towards the Canary Islands. At 10h45 CEST, our shift team called the Spanish Search and Rescue organization Salvamento Marítimo (SM) on Las Palmas, and aditionally sent them the information via e-mail. They informed us that there was an ongoing search operation. We constantly tried to reach the travelers during the day, the following night, and the next day, but without success, and they did not receive our WhatsApp messages.
The next day, the friend who had alerted us told us that the families did not hear anything from the people on the boat. On the 30th August, at 22h26 CEST, SM Las Palmas told us that they had not found anyone that day. They would start searching again the next morning. The next morning (31st August), we received the information from the families that the travelers had been found and brought to the Canaries, but several people had died before they were found. Later on, we could find out that 11 of the travelers had died on their journey.
Twitter chronology:
31.08.2021, 15h45 CEST: https://twitter.com/alarm_phone/status/1432703304971259919
Case name: 2021_08_29-WM684
Situation: 42 travelers (12 women, 20 men, 10 children) leave from Tan Tan, Morocco. 11 of them die, before they are found and brought to the Canaries.
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Atlantic
Summary of the case:
On the 29th August 2021 at 10h30 CEST, a friend of someone on a boat alerted the Alarm Phone about a possible distress case. According to the friend, there were 42 travelers (12 women, 20 men, 10 children) on a grey zodiac. They had left from Tan Tan, Morocco, on the 27th August at 03h00 CEST, going towards the Canary Islands. At 10h45 CEST, our shift team called the Spanish Search and Rescue organization Salvamento Marítimo (SM) on Las Palmas, and aditionally sent them the information via e-mail. They informed us that there was an ongoing search operation. We constantly tried to reach the travelers during the day, the following night, and the next day, but without success, and they did not receive our WhatsApp messages.
The next day, the friend who had alerted us told us that the families did not hear anything from the people on the boat. On the 30th August, at 22h26 CEST, SM Las Palmas told us that they had not found anyone that day. They would start searching again the next morning. The next morning (31st August), we received the information from the families that the travelers had been found and brought to the Canaries, but several people had died before they were found. Later on, we could find out that 11 of the travelers had died on their journey.
Twitter chronology:
31.08.2021, 15h45 CEST: https://twitter.com/alarm_phone/status/1432703304971259919
| Credibility: |  |
 |
0 |
Related Reports
11:22 Jul 12, 2022 /
Atlantic Kms
10/07: 40 travellers intercepted by the Moroccan navy in the Atlantic
19:50 Jul 09, 2020 /
Western Mediterranean Sea / Canary Islands Kms
08/07 52 travelers in distress on their way to Canary Islands, intercepted by the Moroccan Navy
12:35 Sep 18, 2021 /
Atlantic Sea Kms