SITUATION RECAP
On January 22, Ocean Viking leaves the port of Syracuse.
On January 25, Ocean Viking evacuates 95 people from a rubber boat in distress. Survivors report that several people had fallen overboard from the boat in distress prior to Ocean Viking’s RHIBs arrival. Ocean Viking searchs for the reported missing persons for hours, to no avail. Ocean Viking sends a request for a Place of Safety for all survivors onboard. Italian authorities designate Carrara as port of disembarkation for the 95 survivors onboard.
On January 29, Ocean Viking completes the disembarkation of all 95 survivors in the port of Carrara, Italy.