The rescue were busy Friday night to try to save him from death at sea some 250 immigrants whose boat capsized between Malta and Sicily, a week after the tragedy of Lampedusa. "We sent our rescue boats and helicopters to the site about 70 miles (130 kilometers) north of Malta.
We have information that the boat would have sunk and migrants are in the sea," he told local media official of the Maltese navy. "The operation is in progress. Maritime conditions are difficult, with a strong wind," said he added.
According to Italian media, a dozen bodies have been sighted in the vicinity of the boat. This information has not been officially or on the Italian side, or the Maltese side confirmed. However, according to Italian news agency Ansa, 150 survivors have been collected on a Maltese ship and 50 others on a boat in the Italian Navy, the Libra. These are immigrants who have given themselves the alarm by satellite phone, while the ship was in Maltese territorial waters between Malta and Lampedusa, not far from the Libyan waters.
The boat has been destabilized and overturned when immigrants are agitated to attract the attention of a military plane flew the Navy, according to the Italian Navy quoted by Ansa. Maltese navy dispatched rescue vessels and helicopters, and diverted to the scene of the accident several commercial vessels transiting in the area. For their part, the Italian authorities sent two warships, the Libra and Respiro, and helicopters were sending inflatable rescue boats.
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