Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations 10th July 2024Case name: 2024_07_10-CM210
Situation: 47 travellers in distress in the Central Med, assisted by NGO vessel Ocean Viking, then rescued by the Italian coastguard.
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Central Mediterranean
Summary of the case: On Wednesday the 10th of July 2024, the Alarm Phone shift team was alerted by a relative to a group of 47 travellers in distress in the Central Mediterranean Sea. The travellers had left from Zuwara, Libya, on a fiberglass boat. We were not able to establish direct contact to the boat but received their GPS position from the relative. We then immediately alerted the relevant search and rescue authorities, relaying all the information we had. We forwarded updated positions from the boat to the authorities as often as possible. Later, we learned that the NGO vessel Ocean Viking had arrived on scene and stabilised the boat until the Italian coastguard had arrived and rescued the travellers.
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