Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations 6th July 2024Case name: 2024_07_06-CM198
Situation: 43 travellers in distress in the Central Med. Two remain missing while the others made it to Lampedusa.
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Central Mediterranean
Summary of the case: On Saturday the 6th of July 2024, the Alarm Phone shift team was alerted by a relative to a group of 43 travellers, all men, in distress in the Central Mediterranean Sea. They reportedly had run out of fuel and were therefore left adrift. The relative gave us their GPS position and we immediately alerted the relevant search and rescue authorities, relaying all the information we had. We were never able to establish direct contact to the boat. Later, we learned that the boat had shipwrecked close to Lampedusa. Most of the travellers had made it to shore, but two people from the group were missing.
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