Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 1st of June 2018Case name: 2018_06_01-WM245
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 Friday, the 1st of June 2018, at 7.21am, our Alarm Phone shift team was alerted to a distress case by a contact person in Morocco. There were 11 people on a boat, trying to reach Spain from Cap Spartel. We were not able to reach them and spoke to the Spanish search and rescue organisation Salvamento Maritimo (SM) at 7.38am. They new about the case but informed us that the boat was in Moroccan waters. At about 9am, our contact person told us that the boat-people had probably been picked up by the Moroccan navy. Only at 4pm could our contact person confirmed that they had been returned to Morocco by the navy.
Last update: 19:19 Jun 08, 2018
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