Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 21st of June 2023Case name: 2023_06_21-ATL044
Situation: 47 travellers in urgent distress in the Atlantic, intercepted by the Moroccan navy.
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Atlantic Ocean
Summary of the case: On Wednesday the 21st of June 2023, just before midnight, the Alarm Phone shift team was alerted by a relative to a group of 47 travellers, including many women and children, in distress in the Atlantic Ocean. The travellers had left from Tan Tan in the early hours of the morning on a gray rubber boat. We reached the travellers and could hear on the phone that they were panicking, telling us that water was entering the boat and that none of them were wearing life jackets. However, we managed to get their GPS position. We immediately alerted the Spanish search and rescue organisation Salvamento Maritimo as well as the Moroccan rescue authorities, relaying all the information we had. Soon after, the Moroccan rescue authorities confirmed to us on the phone that the Moroccan navy had commenced a search and rescue operation. Later, the relative confirmed to us that the travellers had been picked up by the Moroccan navy.
Last update: 12:11 Jan 21, 2024
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