Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 3rd of June 2018Case name: 2018_06_03-WM249
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 Sunday, the 3rd of June 2018, at 11.46am, our Alarm Phone shift team was alerted to a distress case by a contact person, who alerted us to a group of 4 people who had left from Cap Spartel, Morocco. We were able to speak to them at 1pm, and they said that they were in urgent need of rescue. We informed the Spanish authorities Salvamento Maritimo (SM) about this case and also spoke to MRCC Rabat at 4.16pm. At 4.21pm, SM informed us that the Moroccan Navy had rescued a boat carrying 4 people in the area. We knew that there were two boats carrying four people, and at 4.32pm, our contact person confirmed that the boat in question had been rescued and returned to Morocco. On it was a woman, which was how it could be distinguished from the boat that had been rescued earlier.
Last update: 19:38 Jun 08, 2018
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