Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – November 4th 2021Case name: 2021_11_04-WM773
Situation: 33 men in distress South of Gran Canaria, rescued to Gran Canaria
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Atlantic
Summary of Case: In the evening of November 4th we were called by several relatives worried for their family members who had departed Dakhla in a white wooden boat more than five days prior and had since been without news. We alerted authorities to the missing 33 men on the Atlantic route at 21.15 CET. We were unable to establish direct contact to the missing people. At 00.40 CEST November 5th the Spanish Search and Rescue organisation Salvamento Marítimo informed us of the rescue of a boat matching the information the relatives had provided to Gran Canaria. At 08.24 CEST the same day, relatives who had alerted us to the missing boat confirmed the arrival of the group.
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