Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 27th September 2021Case name: 2021_09_27-WM730
Situation: 12 travellers in distress in the Western Med, safely back on land.
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Western Mediterranean
Summary: On Monday the 27th of September 2021 in the evening, the Alarm Phone shift team was alerted by a relative to a boat with around 12 people, one of them disabled, in distress in the Western Mediterranean Sea. The travellers had departed from around Mostaganem, Algeria, the previous evening at around 23.00 CEST, travelling on a rubber boat. The relative did not know the exact location of the travellers, and we were not able to reach the phone number onboard the boat. At 22.07 CEST we alerted the Spanish search and rescue organisation Salvamento Maritimo as well as the Algerian rescue authorities to the distress of the travellers. After attempting all of the following day to reach the travellers without success, in the evening we finally learned from the relative that the travellers had all arrived safely.
Last update: 21:09 May 01, 2022
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