Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 17th October 2021Case name: 2021_10_17-CM594
Situation: 32 travellers in distress in the Central Med, probably rescued by rescue NGO Sea Watch.
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Central Mediterranean
Summary of the case: On Sunday the 17th of October 2021, the Alarm Phone shift team received a direct call from a boat in distress in the Central Mediterranean Sea. Onboard we 32 travellers, including around 12 minors, 15 women and five men. The travellers told us that they were still moving but had problems with their engine. We received the GPS position of the travellers, and forwarded this to the relevant rescue authorities together with all other information we had about the distress situation. After our initial call with the travellers, we were never able to reach them again. In the afternoon we learned that the rescue NGO Sea Watch had rescued a boat matching the description of this case. We therefore assume that the travellers were rescued by Sea Watch.
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