Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations 17th July 2024Case name: 2024_07_17-CM232
Situation: 15 travellers in distress in the Central Med, rescued by NGO vessel Ocean Viking.
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Central Mediterranean
Summary of the case: On Wednesday the 17th of July 2024 shortly before midnight, the Alarm Phone shift team was alerted to a group of 15 travellers, including children, in distress in the Central Mediterranean Sea. They were travelling on a fiberglass boat and reported that they were sick and exhausted. We managed to get their GPS position and immediately alerted the relevant search and rescue authorities, relaying all the information we had. Later, we learned that the travellers had been rescued by the search and rescue NGO vessel Ocean Viking.
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