Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – September 21st 2021Case name: 2021_09_21-CM573
Situation: 55 people departed Turkey, rescued from sea and taken to Italy
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Central Mediterranean
Summary of Case: In the night of September 21st Alarm Phone was called by a relative who informed us about the distress situation of 55 people who had departed Turkey for Italy. The caller provided a GPS position; we were unable to establish working communication with the people in distress and forwarded the alert to authorities at 01.31 CEST. Three hours later the Marine Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) Rome refused to confirm they had launched a SAR mission. At 15.58 the same day the relative who alerted us to the case informed us the boat had been rescued to Italy.
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September 21st
09.28 CEST
September 22nd
16.23 CEST
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