Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 23rd July 2022Case name: 2022_07_23-ATL074
Situation: 51 travellers in distress in the Atlantic Ocean, intercepted by the Moroccan navy.
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Atlantic Sea
Summary of the case: On Saturday the 23rd of July 2022, the Alarm Phone shift team was alerted by a relative to a group of 51 travellers, including six women, in distress in the Atlantic Ocea. The travellers had left from Boujdour at around 02.00 CEST the same morning, and we were informed that the boat was taking in water and that the engine had broken down, leaving the travellers adrift. We alerted the relevant search and rescue authorities to the distress of the travellers. The Moroccan authorities informed us that a search and rescue operation was already being carried out. In the afternoon, the relative confirmed that the travellers had been intercepted by the Moroccan navy.
Last update: 11:52 Aug 07, 2023
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