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Safi: Lalla Khadija wreck found as crew search continues

The ministry responsible for fisheries announced on 4 November 2026 that the Lalla Khadija wreck had been located around 15 nautical miles off Safi port. The crew remains missing, according to Médias24 and Sada Journal.

Boats on a beach in Essaouira.
Essaouira, March 2022; archive illustration, neither Lalla Khadija nor the sinking site. Adam Harangozó, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ; unchanged. — Adam Harangozó / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ; 24 mars 2022, sans modification.

Underwater cameras identified the vessel on the seabed, the ministry said. Specialist divers were deployed to the site.

The boat disappeared on 23 October. Air and sea searches are coordinated from Bouznika. An investigation is to establish the sinking’s circumstances. Finding the wreck does not by itself establish the fate of the fishermen.

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