Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 17th October 2021Case name: 2021_10_17-WM756
Situation: 10 travellers in distress in the Western Mediterranean Sea, back in Algeria.
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Western Mediterranean
Summary: On Sunday the 17th of October 2021, the Alarm Phone was alerted by a relative to a group of 10 travellers in distress in the Western Mediterranean Sea. The travellers had left from the Oran, Algeria, the previous evening at 21.00 CEST, heading towards Almeria. The relative had last spoken to the travellers 30 minutes earlier before he called the Alarm Phone, at which point the boat had run out of fuel. At 05.54 CEST we managed to reach the boat and the travellers told us that they could see the coast. We immediately alerted the Spanish search and rescue organisation Salvamento Maritimo to the distress of the travellers.
The following day we learned from the relative that the travellers were all back in Algeria.
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