Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 2nd of June 2018Case name: 2018_06_02-WM246
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 Saturday, the 2nd of June 2018, at 5.05am, 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. We were not able to reach them and spoke to the Spanish search and rescue organisation Salvamento Maritimo (SM) at 5.10am. We then spoke to the boat-people and they told us that they were very tired and the boat was full of water. SM confirmed that they would send a rescue vessel out. At 7.15am, we were informed that the boat-people were in severe distress. At 8.07am, SM informed us via email that a search and rescue operation was underway. At 11.35am, the rescue of the people by SM to Spain was confirmed.
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