Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 11th August 2022Case name: 2022_08_11-ATL081
Situation: 25 travellers in distress in the Atlantic, rescued by Salvamento Maritimo and brought to the Canary Islands.
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Atlantic Ocean
Summary of the case: On Thursday the 11th of August 2022, the Alarm Phone shift team was alerted by a relative to a group of 25 travellers, 24 men and a women, in distress in the Atlantic Ocean. The travellers had left in the early hours of the morning from between Tarfaya and Akhfinir on a grey rubber boat. We managed to reach the travellers and got their GPS position. They told us that they did not have much fuel left. We immediately informed the Spanish search and rescue organisation Salvamento Maritimo about the distress situation, relaying all the information we had. They confirmed that they would start a search and rescue operation. In our next call to the travellers, they were panicking as the wind was very strong. However, we managed to get an updated position which we forwarded to Salvamento Maritimo. The following evening we learned from the relative that the travellers had been rescued by Salvamento Maritimo and brought to the Canary Islands.
Last update: 12:10 Aug 07, 2023
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