Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 9th of May 2018Case name: 2018_05_09-WM227
Situation: 8 travellers intercepted by Moroccan Marine Royale
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Western Mediterranean Sea
Summary of the Case:
On Wednesday, 9th of May, at 1.02am CET, we received a call from a contact person informing us about a boat that had left the Moroccan coast in the east of Tangier towards Spain. At 1:15am we managed to establish a connection to the boat. The group consisted of 8 people, among them one woman and one baby. They had left the Moroccan shore at 9pm the night before. They reported about water entering the boat. We informed the Spanish rescue organization Salvamento Marítimo at 1:20am. Afterwards, we tried to connect to the travellers again, but we couldn’t establish a connection. At 4am we called Salvamento Marítimo that informed us that the boat had been intercepted by the Moroccan navy. At 8:09am a contact person confirms that the people had been picked up by the Moroccan Marine Royale.
Last update: 09:23 May 31, 2018
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