Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 12th August 2022Case name: 2022_08_12-ATL085
Situation: 64 travellers in distress in the Atlantic, rescued by Salvamento Maritimo and brought to Las Palmas.
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Atlantic Ocean
Summary of the case: On Friday the 12th of August 2022, the Alarm Phone shift team was alerted by a relative to a group of around 64 travellers, including 20 women and nine children, in distress in the Atlantic Ocean. The travellers had left from Tan Tan the previous morning at 01.00 CEST on a black rubber boat. We managed to reach the travellers and got their GPS position, showing that they were in the spanish search and rescue zone. We could hear that some of the travellers were panicking in the background. They told us that the wind was strong and that water was entering their boat. We immediately relayed all information we had to the Spanish search and rescue organisation Salvamento Maritimo.
In the early afternoon we learned from the relative that the travellers had been rescued by Salvamento Maritimo and brought to Las Palmas.
Last update: 12:13 Aug 07, 2023
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