Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 31st August 2022Case name: 2022_08_31-ATL095
Situation: 59 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 Wednesday the 31st of August 2022, the Alarm Phone shift team was alerted by a relative to a group of 59 travellers, including 15 women and five children, in distress in the Atlantic Ocean. The travellers had left from Tan Tan the previous morning at around 03.00 CEST on a black rubber boat. We were no able to reach the travellers, but relayed all the information we had to the Spanish search and rescue organisation Salvamento Maritimo, who confirmed that they were carrying out a search and rescue operation for the boat. In addition, we called the Moroccan rescue authorities, who also informed us that they were searching for the boat.
Later, the Moroccan rescue authorities informed us that they had intercepted the boat. This was confirmed by the relative.
Last update: 12:36 Aug 07, 2023
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