Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 1st of June 2020Case name: 2020_06_01-CM252
Situation: 75 people reached Lampedusa
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Central Mediterranean Sea
Summary of the Case:
On the 1st of June around 21h CEST the Alarm Phone got informed about a boat in distress that left Zuwara in Libya at 00:30h the same day. The travellers told us water is entering the boat and gave us their coordinates. They stated to be 75 persons, all men and from African countries and Bangladesh. We wrote an email to the authorities of Malta and Italy at 21:19h as the boat were in Maltese SAR Zone and heading towards Lampedusa. We also phoned both MRCC Rome and RCC Malta, but although we kept them updated regularly with new GPS positions and about the situation on board, no rescue operation were launched throughout the night. At 03:58h CEST on 2nd of June the travellers told us that only one engine is working and afterwards we lost contact. At 06.55h we were able to reestablish contact for the last time and got a new GPS position. The travellers were about 6 hours far from Lampedusa. Also this GPS position were notified to the authorities who left us uninformed about their operations. Around 13:30h we got information from various sources about the arrival of about 75 people who have reached Lampedusa on their own.
Last update: 21:39 Aug 23, 2020
Credibility: |
|
|
0 |
|