Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 15th July 2022Case name: 2022_07_15-ATL070
Situation: 52 travellers in distress in the Atlantic Sea, rescued by Salvamento Maritimo and brought to Lanzarote.
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Atlantic Sea
Summary of the case: On Friday the 15th of July 2022, the Alarm Phone shift team was alerted by a relative to a group of 52 travellers, 44 men, seven women and a child, in distress in the Atlantic Sea. The travellers had left from Tan Tan at around midnight the previous day on a grey rubber boat. We managed to reach the travellers and got their GPS position. They told us that their engine was still running, although not very well, and that water was entering their boat. We alerted the Spanish search and rescue organisation Salvamento Maritimo to the distress of the travellers. We could hear that the situation onboard was getting increasingly urgent as time passed. During the morning, we lost contact to the boat. A few hours later, the Spanish Guardia Civil confirmed to us that the travellers had been rescued by Salvamento Maritimo and brought to Lanzarote.
Last update: 11:30 Aug 07, 2023
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