Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations 6th February 2024Case name: 2024_02_06-CM033
Situation: 45 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 Tuesday the 6th of February 2024, the Alarm Phone shift team was alerted by a relative to a group of 45 travellers, including eight children, in distress in the Central Mediterranean Sea. The travellers had left from Sabratha the previous day on a wooden boat. We managed to reach the travellers and get their GPS position and immediately alerted the relevant search and rescue authorities, relaying all the information we had. We stayed in contact with the boat and relayed their updated GPS position to authorities when possible. The travellers told us that weather conditions were bad and we could hear that their situation was deteriorating. Later we learned that the travellers had been rescued by the NGO vessel Ocean Viking.
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