Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 12th August 2022Case name: 2022_08_12-ATL087
Situation: 53 travellers in distress in the Atlantic Ocean, intercepted by the Moroccan navy.
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Atlantic Ocean
Summary of the case: On Friday the 12th of August 2022, the Alarm Phone was alerted by a relative to a group of 53 travellers, including 12 women and four children, in distress in the Atlantic Ocean. The travellers had left from between Tan Tan and Afkhenir the same morning at around 02.00 local time. We managed to reach the travellers, but due to bad connection we were not able to get their position or understand much about their situation, but we could hear that they sounded very distressed. However, we alerted the Spanish search and rescue organisation Salvamento Maritimo to the distress situation, relaying all the information we had. We stayed in contact with the travellers and received their updated GPS positions. From the positions we could see that they had lost their orientation. We forwarded the updated positions to Salvamento Maritimo.
In the evening, the relative informed us that the travellers had been intercepted by the Moroccan navy and brought back.
Last update: 12:14 Aug 07, 2023
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