Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 22nd February 2023Case name: 2022_02_22 - ATL-015
Situation: 54 travellers in distress in the Atlantic Ocean, rescued by Salvamento Maritimo and brought to the Canary Islands.
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Atlantic Ocean
Summary of the case: On Wednesday the 22nd of February 2023, the Alarm Phone shift team was alerted by a relative to a group of 54 travellers, including 12 women and four children, in distress in the Atlantic Ocean. The travellers had left from Tan Tan the previous day in the early hours of the morning on a grey and black rubber boat. We managed to reach the travellers and got their GPS position. We then immediately alerted the Spanish search and rescue organisation Salvamento Maritimo, relaying all the information we had. After this, we were no longer able to reach the travellers.Later, we learned from the relative that the travellers had been rescued by Salvamento Maritimo and brought to the Canary Islands.
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