Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 30th of December 2017Case name: 2017_12_30-WM202
Situation:11 travellers in distress rescued to Spain
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Western Mediterranean
Summary of the Case:
On Saturday, 30th of December, at 10:04am, we received a call from a boat with 11 people on board. They had left from Tanger at 1:00am, rowing towards the Spanish Coast. We tried to locate them by checking on vessels in their surrounding. At 10:30am we called the boat again. They had seen the rescue boat of Salvamento Maritimo, the Spanish SAR authority, but it hadn’t stopped.
At 10:38am we called Salvamento Maritimo. They were already searching for the boat, and we informed them that they had passed the boat some minutes before. We couldn’t reconnect to the travellers, but at 10:58am we received a message from them with the GPS coordinates of their position. At 11:01am we called Salvamento Maritimo and passed on the position. At 11:38am we called the boat again. Salvamento Maritimo answered the call and confirmed the rescue of everyone on board to Tarifa/Spain.
Last update: 17:48 Jan 15, 2018
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