Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 30th of May 2018Case name: 2018_05_30-WM241
Situation: Alarm Phone alerted to emergency situation in the Western Med
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Western Mediterranean Sea
Summary of the Case: On Wednesday, the 30th of May 2018, our Alarm Phone shift team was alerted by a contact person at 6.33am to a boat in distress, carrying 5 people. They had left about 3 hours earlier from Cap Spartel. We received GPS coordinates and a phone number of the travellers. The boat was losing air and we informed the Spanish search and rescue organisation Salvamento Maritimo (SM) at 7.15am to the case. We received a new GPS position that we swiftly passed on to SM. At 7.33am, we were able to speak to the boat-people directly. They were anxious and we informed him that SM forces were looking for them. At 8.04am, the boat-people confirmed that they could see the rescue vessel. At 9.18am, our contact person confirmed that they had been rescued by SM.
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