Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 11th July 2022Case name: 2022_11_07-ATL068
Situation: 52 travellers in distress in the Atlantic, rescued by Salvamento Maritimo and brought to Lanzarote.
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Atlantic Ocean
Summary of the case: On Monday the 11th of July 2022, the Alarm Phone shift team was alerted by a relative to a group of 52 travellers, including nine women, in distress in the Atlantic Ocean. The travellers had left from between Guelmim and Tan Tan on a rubber boat the previous morning in the early hours. We managed to reach the travellers but were unable to communicate due to poor connection. However, we managed to establish communication via SMS and received the position of the boat. After this, we lost contact to the travellers. We alerted the Spanish search and rescue organisation to the distress situation, forwarding all the information we had. We also attempted calling the Moroccan rescue authorities, but were only asked to call back later.
Only the following night did we learn from the relative that the travellers had been rescued by Salvamento Maritimo and brought to Lanzarote.
Last update: 11:18 Aug 07, 2023
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