Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 21st of January 2021Case name: 20212101-CM346
Situation: 120 people fled from Libya and were rescued by Ocean Viking
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Central Mediterranean
Summary of the Case:
On 21st of January 2021 at 06.27 CET the Alarm Phone received a distress call by a satellite phone. We heared screaming in the back, engine was running. The communication was hard and when we asked for the GPS position the call broke. At 07.15h CET we reached the travellers again, they stated to be around 120 people on board. They transferred the GPS position and told us they have lost their compass. We forwarded the GPS position to the so-called Libyan Coastguard and the NGO Ocean Viking. At 08.50h CET we spoke to the travellers again, we could hear the engine but understood nothing. Short to 10h CET we tweeted about the case. At 12.56h CET we received the relieving message that Ocean Viking rescued 120 people from an unseaworthy, overcrowded rubber boat.
Last update: 12:58 Apr 29, 2021
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