Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 31st May 2022Case name: 2022_05_31-ATL057
Situation: 59 travellers in distress in the Atlantic Ocean, rescued by Salvamento Maritimo and brought to Tenerife.
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Atlantic Ocean
Summary of the case: On Tuesday the 31st of May 2022, the Alarm Phone shift team was alerted by a relative to a group of 59 travellers, including eight women and two children in distress in the Atlantic Ocean. The travellers had left from Tan Tan the same morning at around 03.00 local time on a rubber boat. We were not able to establish direct contact to the boat, but received a GPS position of the distress situation from the relative. We relayed all information we had to the Spanish search and rescue organisation Salvamento Maritimo. The following day, Salvamento Maritimo told us that they were searching for the boat with an aircraft. Later, we learned that the travellers had been rescued by Salvamento Maritimo and brought to Tenerife.
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