Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 29th August 2022Case name: 2022_08_29-ATL092
Situation: 52 travellers in distress in the Atlantic, intercepted by the Moroccan navy.
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Atlantic Ocean
Summary of the case: On Monday the 29th of August 2022, the Alarm Phone shift team was alerted by a relative to a group of 52 travellers, including eight women, in distress in the Atlantic Ocean. The travellers had left from Tarfaya the day before. We managed to reach the travellers, and got their GPS position. They told us that they were heading towards Fuerteventura. On the phone we could hear the travellers were panicking and they were asking for urgent rescue. We informed the Spanish search and rescue organisation Salvamento Maritimo about the distress situation, relaying all the information we had. After our initial communication with the boat we were no longer able to reach the travellers. We could see that the travellers were not in touch with anyone else by monitoring their credit. In the night Salvamento Maritimo also had no news about the situation.
The following day the relative informed us that the travellers had been intercepted by the Moroccan navy.
Last update: 12:33 Aug 07, 2023
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