(Schematic diagram / Reposted from TAP news agency Twitter)
The Mediterranean rescue hotline “Alarm Phone” said on the 9th that a migrant boat carrying 400 people had lost power and was drifting in the Mediterranean Sea between Greece and Malta, and the hull had already been flooded. . Although the alarm call had notified the Maltese authorities, so far, the Maltese authorities have not launched any rescue operations.
According to a Archyde.com report, the alarm call also posted on social media that the ship sailed from the northeastern port of Tobruk in Libya at night, and the ship broke down while sailing in the Mediterranean Sea. At the same time, the fuel on board was also exhausted, and the lower deck was even flooded. After seeing the situation, the captain directly chose to abandon 400 people and escape by himself. Currently, no one on the immigrant ship can drive the ship.
Also because the ship was in the search and rescue area (SAR) of Malta, the Maltese authorities were notified by the alarm call, but so far, the Maltese authorities have not initiated any rescue plan. The German rescue group “Sea Watch” (Sea Watch) also broke the news that the Maltese authorities have ordered nearby merchant ships not to carry out rescue operations, and only one of them is allowed to receive fuel oil provided by other merchant ships. However, none of these contents have been officially confirmed by the Maltese authorities.
At the same time, the German rescue group ResQship stated on the 9th that there was another shipwreck in the Mediterranean Sea recently. The organization found 25 people at sea, and the staff rescued 22 of them and recovered 2 bodies. Rescued survivors also said that at least 20 people had drowned before that.