Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 23rd August 2022Case name: 2022_08_23-WM042
Situation: 12 travellers in distress in the Alboran Sea, intercepted by the Moroccan navy.
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Western Mediterranean Sea
Summary of the case: On Tuesday the 23rd of August 2022, the Alarm Phone shift team was alerted by a relative to a group of 12 travellers in distress in the Alboran Sea. The travellers had left from Tazaghine in the early hours of the morning on a white rubber boat. We were not able to establish direct contact to the boat, but alerted the Spanish search and rescue organisaition Salvamento Maritimo to the distress of the travellers. In a call they informed us that they had relayed the information to the Moroccan rescue authorities. During the night and the morning the travellers remained unreachable. The following afternoon the Moroccan rescue authorities informed us that the navy was still searching for the travellers but had not managed to find them yet. Only the following day did we learn from the relative that the travellers had been intercepted by the Moroccan navy and brought back to Morocco.
Last update: 12:27 Aug 07, 2023
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