Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 1st of July 2018Case name: 2018_07_01-WM275
Situation: Alarm Phone alerted to an emergency situation in the Western Med
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Western Mediterranean Sea
Summary of the Case: On Sunday the 1st of July 2018, the Alarm Phone shift team learned at 8.45am CEST about a boat from Tangier/Morocco, carrying 5 people. At 9.48am we spoke to the travellers but communication was difficult and then interrupted. When we lost contact, we informed the Spanish search and rescue organisation Salvamento Maritimo (SM) at 11.15am and informed them about the case. At 1.19pm, SM informed us that they had notified the Moroccan Navy as the boat was in Moroccan waters. At 3.07pm our initial contact person confirmed that the boat had been returned to Morocco.
Last update: 22:03 Jul 15, 2018
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