The new crew prepared intensively for the mission. In the port and at sea, they completed medical training and exercises on the speedboats (RHIBs) in order to be prepared for an the rescue mission. The Humanity 1 left the port of Syracuse on 4 July. Arriving in the area of operatin on 11 July, the crew started looking for distress cases.

Notification of distress case: spotted by crew during lookout

Location: Libyan search and rescue zone, 111 kilometres off the coast

Condition of boat: unseaworthy, overcroweded boat without live-saving equipment

Number of survivors: 26

The 26 survivors rescued from distress at sea were able to disembark safely in Brindisi in the morning. 

Notification of distress case: via Alarm Phone

Location: Maltese search and rescue zone

Condition of boat: unseaworthy and overcroweded plastic boat

Number of survivors: 45

The 45 people rescued on Friday were finally able to disembark safely in Bari. Before the rescue, they had been at sea for 5 days, 48 hours of which without food or water – and ignored by Malta for over a day despite knowing about the emergency.

Notification of distress case: spotted by crew during lookout

Location: Libyan search and rescue zone, 111 kilometres off the coast

Condition of boat: unseaworthy, overcroweded boat without live-saving equipment, food or water

Number of survivors: 67

25 July, a person was evacuated by a Maltese Coast Guard boat due to a medical emergency, along with their child. 

On the morning of 28 July, the rescue ship Humanity 1 entered the port of Brindisi in eastern Italy. The disembarkation of the 67 survivors began at around 10:00 a.m. and was completed at around 10:30 a.m.