Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations 31st May 2024Case name: 2024_05_31-CM149
Situation: 35 travellers in distress in the Central Med, probably rescued by the Italian or Maltese coastguard.
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Central Mediterranean
Summary of the case: On Friday the 31st of May 2024, the Alarm Phone shift team was alerted to a group of 35 travellers in distress in the Central Mediterranean Sea. The travellers had left from Benghazi four days earlier on a fiber glass boat. They told us that they were running out of fuel. We managed to get their GPS position and immediately alerted the relevant search and rescue authorities, relaying all the information we had. We learned that the NGO aircraft Sea Bird had spotted an empty boat matching the description and location we had been provided. We attempted several times to get information from the Italian and Maltese rescue authorities about whether they had rescued the 35 travellers, but they were not willing to provide this information. However, we think that the travellers were most likely rescued to either Italy or Malta.
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