Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 30th April 2023Case name: 2022_04_30 WM023
Situation: Around 20 travellers in distress in the Alboran Sea, rescued by Salvamento Maritimo and brought to Almeria.
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Western Mediterranean
Summary of the case: On Sunday the 30th of April 2023 shortly before midnight, the Alarm Phone shift team was alerted by a relative to a group of around 20 travellers in distress in the Alboran Sea. The travellers had left from Nador in the early hours of the morning on a fiberglass boat. We were not able to establish direct contact to the boat, and the relative had lost contact as well. However, we immediately alerted the Spanish search and rescue organisation Salvamento Maritimo, relaying all the information we had. We were not able to reach the travellers and Salvamento Maritimo were not able to confirm that they had rescued the boat. Only two days later did we receive information from the relative that the travellers had been stranded on the Alboran Island and from there rescued by Salvamento Maritimo and brought to Almeria.
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