Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 22nd December 2021Case name: 2021_12_22-CM655
Situation: Around 20 travellers in distress in the Central Med, rescued by NGO vessel Geo Barents.
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Central Mediterranean
Summary of the case: On Wednesday the 22nd of December 2021, the Alarm Phone shift team received a direct call from a boat in distress in the Central Mediterranean Sea. Onboard were around 20 travellers, including women and children, travelling on a white fiber glass boat. The engine had stopped working, and the travellers were thus left adrift. We managed to get their GPS position, and alerted all relevant rescue authorities to the distress situation. We stayed in touch with the travellers, and could later provide their updated position to the rescue authorities. We later learned that the boat had been rescued by the NGO rescue vessel Geo Barents.
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