Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 28th January 2022Case name: 2022_01_28-ATL021
Situation: Around 50 travellers in distress in the Atlantic Sea, rescued by Salvamento Maritimo and brought to Las Palmas.
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Atlantic Sea
Summary: On Friday the 28th of January 2022, the Alarm Phone shift team was alerted by a relative to a group of 51 travellers, 39 men, 11 women and a child, in distress in the Atlantic Sea. The travellers had left from around Boujdour in the early morning, heading towards the Canary Islands. We were not able to establish direct contact to the boat, but forwarded all the information we had to the Spanish search and rescue organisation Salvamento Maritimo. Through the relative we received GPS positions of the boat which we immediately forwarded to Salvamento Maritimo. Online, we could see a rescue asset belonging to Salvamento Maritimo heading towards the position of the travellers. At 03.11 CET Salvamento Maritimo confirmed to us on the phone that the rescue operation was ongoing. The following morning Salvamento Maritimo confirmed that they had successfully rescued the travellers who were being brought to Las Palmas. Later, the relative confirmed the rescue as well.
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