Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations 29th June 2024Case name: 2024_06_29-CM191
Situation: 38 travellers in distress in the Central Med, rescued by the Italian coastguard and brought to Pozzallo.
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Central Mediterranean
Summary of the case: On Saturday the 29th of June 2024, the Alarm Phone shift team was alerted to a group of 38 travellers, including women and children, in distress in the Central Mediterranean Sea. They had left from Libya on a white fiberglass boat and told us that they were drifting as their engine had broken. Several travellers were very sick. We managed to 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 travellers and passed on their updated positions to authorities as often as possible. As time passed, we could hear that the situation onboard was deteriorating with fuel leaking into the boat, causing severe burns. We later learned that the Italian coastguard had rescued a boat matching the description we had received and brought the travellers to Pozzallo.
Tweets about the case:
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