Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 3rd of June 2023Case name: 2023_06_03-ATL029
Situation: 51 travellers in distress in the Atlantic Ocean, intercepted by the Moroccan navy and returned to Tan Tan.
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Atlantic Ocean
Summary of the case: On Saturday the 3rd of June 2023, the Alarm Phone shift team was alerted by a relative to a group of 51 travellers, 41 men, seven women and three children, in distress in the Atlantic Ocean. The travellers had left from Tan Tan on a rubber boat the previous morning. According to the relative, their engine was no longer working and they were left adrift. We were not able to establish direct contact to the boat nor to get their exact GPS position. However, we immediately alerted the Spanish search and rescue organisation Salvamento Maritimo as well as the Moroccan rescue authorities, relaying all the information we had. In the afternoon, we learned from the Moroccan rescue authorities that the travellers had been picked up by the Moroccan navy and returned to Tan Tan.
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