Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 17th September 2021Case name: 2021_09_17WM710
Situation: 19 travellers in distress in the Western Med, possible rescued by the Spanish Guardia Civil.
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Western Mediterranean
Summary: On Friday the 17ht of September 2021, the Alarm Phone shift team was alerted by a relative to a group of 19 travellers, including a six months old baby, in distress on their way from Algeria to Spain. The travellers had left from Oran the previous evening on a white fiber glass boat. The relative told us that the engine on the boat had broken down and the travellers were thus left adrift. We were not able to reach the travellers directly but got the GPS position of the last time their relative had been in contact with the boat. We were told that at this time they could see the Spanish shore. We immediately forwarded all the information we had to the Spanish search and rescue organisation Salvamento Maritimo. Throughout the night and the following day we continuously tried to reach the travellers without success. We learned that the Guardia Civil had rescued a boat that could match the one we were alerted to, but due to lack of information we were never able to establish with certainty what had happened to the travellers.
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