Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations 9th August 2024Case name: 2024_08_09-CM276
Situation: 26 travellers in distress in the Central Med, rescued by NGO vessel Life Support.
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Central Mediterranean
Summary of the case: On Friday the 9th of August 2024, the Alarm Phone shift team was alerted to a group of 26 travellers, including two women and five children, in distress in the Central Mediterranean Sea. The travellers had left from Libya on a black rubber boat. They told us that they had no more food or drinking water left, that their engine was no longer working and that the boat was taking in water. We managed to get their GPS position, showing that they were in the Maltese search and rescue zone. We then immediately alerted the relevant search and rescue authorities, relaying all the information we had. We stayed in contact with the travellers and passed on updates from the boat to the authorities as often as possible. As time passed, we could hear that the situation onboard was deteriorating and the people reported that one young child was in a critical condition. Later, we learned that the travellers had been rescued by the NGO vessel Life Support.
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