Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations 13th July 2024Case name: 2024_07_13-CM219
Situation: 14 travellers in distress in the Central Med, rescued to Lampedusa.
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Central Mediterranean
Summary of the case: On Saturday the 13th of July 2024, the Alarm Phone shift team was alerted to a group of 14 travellers, including a baby, in distress in the Central Mediterranean Sea. We were not able to get a lot of information about the boat, but managed to get their GPS position. We then immediately alerted the relevant search and rescue authorities, relaying all the information we had. We stayed in contact with the travellers who informed us that water was entering their boat. We relayed their updated positions to the authorities as often as possible. Later we learned that they had been rescued by the Italian coastguard and brought to Lampedusa.
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