Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations 7th March 2024Case name: 2024_03_07-CM050
Situation: 23 travellers in distress in the Central Med, rescued by the Italian coastguard and brought to Lampedusa.
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Central Mediterranean
Summary of the case: On Thursday the 7th of March 2024, the Alarm Phone shift team was alerted to a group of 23 travellers, including two small children, in distress in the Central Mediterranean sea. They were travelling on a small fiberglass boat and told us that an elderly person onboard was very sick. They also told us that there were strong winds and high waves and that water was entering their boat. We managed to get their GPS position and immediately relayed all the information we had to the relevant search and rescue authorities. We then lost contact to the travellers. Later, we learned that the travellers had been rescued by the Italian coastguard and brought to Lampedusa.
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