Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – December 1st 2021Case name: 2021_12_01-WM797
Situation: 17 women, 37 men in distress West of Laayoune, rescued to Canary Islands.
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Atlantic
Summary of Case: In the later afternoon of December 1st Alarm Phone was called by a relative who alerted us to a group of 17 women and 37 men in distress on the Atlantic route. They had departed Laayoune in a black rubber boat. We were unable to establish direct contact to the people in distress and alerted authorities at 17.55 CET. We were unable to reach the people in distress throughout the remainder of the day and night. At 11.23 CET December 2nd the Spanish Search and Rescue organisation Salvamento Marítimo Las Palmas confirmed the rescue of 17 women and 37 men to the Canary Islands.
Credibility: |
|
|
0 |
|