Ship with hundreds of migrants in distress near Corfu, claim armed men on board. (Bild)[GoogleTranslate].
Update: Change in direction is Now determined "Extreme" by UK Authorities. The passengers, according to Greek and Italian media are Syrian illegal immigrants.
Possible hijacking: Roy Paul, programme director at the Maritime Piracy Humanitarian Response Centre, told Channel 4 News that this was unlike any case he has heard of and is likely a hijacking.
A ship with an estimated more than 600 migrants on board has come west of the Greek island of Corfu in distress on Tuesday.
The Department of Defense announced that in Athens and the Greek coast guard. The ship will had an engine failure and therefore unable to maneuver in the sea.
A helicopter was flown to gain a picture of the situation, an officer of the Coast Guard said on the phone. Also, a frigate of the Hellenic Navy and Coast Guard speedboats were on their way, they said.
As the German Press Agency further learned, it is in a ship to the freighter "Blue Sky", which sails under the flag of Moldova. The ship located after the first information near the small Greek Eilands Othonoi in the northwest of the tourist island of Corfu.
Greek media reported some of the people on board were armed. The Coast Guard believes that this is the crew that carried weapons with them for their own safety.
The ship should have Greek media reports moved for days in the region of the Ionian Sea to the west Greece. It is believed that human traffickers migrants have picked up from Western Greece, to bring them to Italy.
#BlueSkyM update 1600 GMT: Italian authorities to inspect the ship later tonight or tomorrow morning.
— Yannis Koutsomitis (@YanniKouts) December 30, 2014#BlueSkyM update 1600 GMT: @HCoastGuard helicopter has flown over the ship, no migrants in sight. Ship's captain called off emergency.
— Yannis Koutsomitis (@YanniKouts) December 30, 2014
Tracking on the #BlueSkyM, which was updating ~10mins, seems to have stopped 4 mins ago. https://t.co/3yDkm2dANB
— Krzysztof D'Aardvark (@D_Aardvark) December 30, 2014
#BlueSkyM update 1300 GMT: @HCoastGuard tries to reach the ship under severe weather. Navy frigate on its way, shd reach ship in a few hours
— Yannis Koutsomitis (@YanniKouts) December 30, 2014
UPDATE
It is not the captain of #blueskym who has called SOS - 'somebody' on-board has reported: 100s of migrants & armed persons - #corfu
— Australia Today (@autoday) December 30, 2014
Incredible that you can, again, live-track the position of a vessel that's the centre of a news drama. #blueskym https://t.co/vUxtho5Lrs
— Krzysztof D'Aardvark (@D_Aardvark) December 30, 2014
@ArmedResearch Αs of 1400 GMT, a @HCoastGuard heli was trying to reach the vessel but weather is xtremely bad. Navy frigate headed there
— Yannis Koutsomitis (@YanniKouts) December 30, 2014
Moldova cargo vessel #BlueSkyM appears carrying #Syrian immigrants from #Turkey, #Greek Navy Special Forces mobilized pic.twitter.com/nUJ6GGLcKJ
— e-Αmyna (@e_amyna) December 30, 2014
UPDATE #blueskym pic.twitter.com/WmjR4vus1Z
Changing direction extreme .@FelineNut
— Australia Today (@autoday) December 30, 2014
Moldova cargo vessel #BlueSkyM appears carrying #Syrian immigrants from #Turkey, #Greek Navy Special Forces mobilized pic.twitter.com/nUJ6GGLcKJ
— e-Αmyna (@e_amyna) December 30, 2014
#Greek authorities knew yesterday (and maybe before) about migrants on #BlueSkyM... and apparently closed their eyes. http://t.co/2Vd2ukD3xn
— Thierry Daman (@damanthj) December 30, 2014
Greek Navy Races to Answer "Armed Men" Distress Call by Vessel #BlueSkyM Carrying Passengers http://t.co/A9sVQfaqbH #ireport
— Feline Lover (@FelineNut) December 30, 2014
Distressed ship's name is #BlueSkyM. Has been reported of carrying 100s of Syrian migrants. pic: @MarineTraffic pic.twitter.com/boIOlQkzVI
— Yannis Koutsomitis (@YanniKouts) December 30, 2014
#BlueSkyM | @HCoastGuard presser livestream via @neritnetwork ► http://t.co/T8udgFUHc8
— Yannis Koutsomitis (@YanniKouts) December 30, 2014
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