Ocean Viking is in copy of an email from “Watch The Med – Alarm Phone” alerting to a boat in distress. There is a reasonable certainty that the persons on board the case boat are threatened by grave and imminent danger of being lost at sea and require immediate assistance.

Ocean Viking in position 33 18,40N 013 52,90E receives the following information from Watch The Med – Alarm Phone: “GPS-position with timestamp: N 332145 E 0134556 @ 08:40 CET 25 March. 70-84 people (including 5 women, and 3 children) Water is entering, the rubber boat is starting to deflate.”