Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations 9th March 2024Case name: 2024_03_09-CM056
Situation: 85 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 Saturday the 9th of March 2024, the Alarm Phone shift team was alerted by a relative to a group of 85 travellers, including four women and a child, in distress in the Central Mediterranean Sea. The relative gave us their position and we immediately alerted the relevant search and rescue authorities, relaying all the information we had. Despite many attempts, we were not able to get information from the authorities about whether they had rescued the boat. Later, we learned that the travellers had been rescued by the NGO vessel Ocean Viking.
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