Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 7th of July 2016Case name: 2016_07_07-WM106
Situation: Alarm Phone called by boat in distress in Western Med, intercepted by Moroccan Navy
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Western Mediterranean Sea
Summary of the Case: On Saturday, the 7th of July 2016 at 8.08am, the Alarm Phone was directly called from a boat in distress with 10 persons on board, who had left from Tangier/Morocco at 11pm. As they were still in Moroccan territorial waters, we agreed to call them back in 30 minutes. At 8.40am, we talked again to the travellers and learned that they saw a blue rescue vessel in close vicinity. We checked the area on a maritime tracking website and identified a vessel that matched their description. They had reached international waters, thus we called the Spanish rescue agency Salvamento Marítimo (S.M.) and asked them to rescue the travellers at 9am. Afterwards we were not able to speak to the travellers again, however, at 9.40am, S.M. informed us that the boat in distress had been intercepted by the Moroccan Marine Royale.
Last update: 17:03 Aug 26, 2016
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