Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 21st July 2021Case name: 2021_07_21-CM507
Situation: Alarm Phone alerted to around 100 travellers in distress in the Central Med, arrived to Lampedusa
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Central Mediterranean
Summary of the case: On Wednesday the 21st of July 2021, the Alarm Phone shift team was alerted by a relative to a boat in distress in the Central Med carrying around 100 travellers. The relative gave us a position, showing that they were very close to the Italian search and rescue zone. We tried several times to call the satellite phone number of the travellers but were never able to establish direct contact to the boat.
At 03.17 CEST we sent an email alerting the Italian coastguard to the boat, forwarding all information we had. We could never again reach the relative nor the boat, but we learned that a boat which could match the information we had arrived the same morning.
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