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SITUATION RECAP
Last update 11/24/2019 at 17h17 (All times in UTC+1)
– On the 9th of November, Ocean Viking leaves the port of Marseille, France.
– On the 19th of November, Ocean Viking rescued 95 people from a rubber boat in distress in the International waters of the Libyan Search and Rescue Region. The boat in distress was reported by Alarm Phone to the Libyan JRCC in the morning and was spotted by Ocean Viking roughly two hours later. Ocean Viking kept the Libyan JRCC continuously informed during the SAR event
– On the 20th of November, Ocean Viking searched for a rubber boat reported by Alarm Phone. The boat was later intercepted by LNCG. Later the same day, Ocean Viking rescued 30 people from a fiberglass boat in distress in the International waters of the Libyan Search and Rescue Region. The boat was spotted by Ocean Viking and LYJRCC was informed accordingly before rescue took place
– After Ocean Viking sent a request for a place of safety, Libyan JRCC offered Tripoli as a place of safety. Ocean Viking refused Tripoli as a place of safety since Libyan ports do not conform to the definition of place of safety and requested a place of safety to ITMRCC and MTJRCC
– On the 21st of November, Ocean Viking rescued 90 survivors from a rubber boat in distress in the International waters of the Libyan Search and Rescue Region after searching for it all night. The boat in distress was reported to the Libyan JRCC and to Ocean Viking by Alarm Phone on the 20th of November
– Later the same day, Ocean Viking asked ITMRCC, MTJRCC and LYJRCC for a medevac for two survivors. MTJRCC coordinated requested medevac by helicopter on the 22nd of November
– On the 23rd of November, ITMRCC assigned Messina as a place of safety for the remaining 213 survivors
– On the 24th of November, all 213 survivors disembarked in Messina
– On the 26th of November, Ocean Viking undergoes a Port State Control. No deficiencies are found.
