Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations 6th February 2024Case name: 2024_02_06-CM030
Situation: 120 travellers in distress in the Central Med, rescued by NGO vessel Ocean Viking.
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Central Mediterranean
Summary of the case: On Tueday the 6th of February 2024, the Alarm Phone shift team was alerted by a relative to a group of 120 travellers in distress in the Central Mediterranean Sea. The travellers had left on the previous evening on a rubber boat from Sabratha. According to the relative, water was entering the boat and the travellers were about to capsize. We were not able to establish direct contact to the boat but received their GPS position from the relative. We then immediately alerted the relevant search and rescue authorities, relaying all the information we had. Later, we learned that the travellers had been rescued by the search and rescue NGO vessel Ocean Viking.
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