between the two countries, which i think is very important. we will be watching to see if that meeting does take place. susan thornton, thank you so much. thank you. now to greece, where the greek authorities are facing mounting questions about whether more could have been done to prevent a trawler carrying hundreds of migrants from capsizing. 78 people are confirmed to have died, but it s thought several hundred people had been on board the vessel. critics say the coastguard should have intervened earlier to escort the trawler to safety. the greek coastguard had claimed that the boat was keeping a steady course towards italy and not in need of rescue. but the bbc s own research suggests that the overcrowded vessel could have been in difficulty hours before it sank. the greek authorities have yet to respond to those findings our europe correspondent, nick beake is in kalamata in greece, investigating the ship s final movements. last tuesday morning, from the air, authorities spot the m
thank you. now to greece, where the greek authorities are facing mounting questions about whether more could have been done to prevent a trawler, carrying hundreds of migrants, from capsizing. 78 people are confirmed to have died, but it s thought several hundred people had been on board the vessel. critics say the coastguard should have intervened earlier to escort the trawler to safety. the greek coastguard had claimed that the boat was keeping a steady course towards italy and not in need of rescue. but the bbc s own research suggests that the overcrowded vessel could have been in difficulty hours before it sank. the greek authorities have yet to respond to those findings. our europe correspondent nick beake is in kalamata in greece, investigating the ship s final movements. last tuesday morning, from the air, authorities spot the migrant boat. this is a surveillance photo. a simulation we ve obtained from a ship tracking service shows civilian boats in the area in the run up to the
is piece together a picture of what really happened, and to do that, we ve been looking at court documents, at photographs, at video and, crucially, at data tracking of boats that were in the mediterranean sea this specific part on the day of the tragedy. and our investigation casts serious doubt on the official greek version of events. last tuesday morning, from the air, authorities spot the migrant boat. this is a surveillance photo. a simulation we ve obtained from a ship tracking service shows civilian boats in the area in the run up to the sinking. coastguard and military vessels do not appear. the migrant boat didn t have a tracker, but the yellow pin shows where it eventually goes down. at around 1500 gmt, a ship called the lucky sailor which gave us its logbook turned sharply and is asked by the coastguard to supply food and water to the migrant boat. soon after, says the coastguard, its helicopter finds the boat to be
records, logbooks, photographs and video. we ve built up a picture which seriously challenges the official greek version of events. last tuesday morning, from the air, authorities spot the migrant boat. this is a surveillance photo. a simulation we ve obtained from a ship tracking service shows civilian boats in the area in the run up to the sinking. coastguard and military vessels do not appear. the migrant boat didn t have a tracker, but the yellow pin shows where it eventually goes down. at around 1500 gmt, a ship called the lucky sailor, which gave us its logbook, turned sharply and is asked by the coastguard to supply food and water to the migrant boat. soon after, says the coastguard, its helicopter finds the boat to be on a steady course. but two and a half hours later, at around 6pm, another vessel, the faithful warrior, comes to the same area and is also requested to supply food to the boats. to supply food to the boat.
the greek authorities have faced heavy criticism over their response to this disaster. their argument has always been that the boat was moving in a steady direction towards italy, that it wasn t in danger, and so the people on board did not need to be rescued. now, we ve been looking at shipping data, looking at the boats that were in this part of the mediterranean sea on the day of the tragedy. we also looked at court records, logbooks, photographs and video. we ve built up a picture which seriously challenges the official greek version of events. last tuesday morning, from the air, authorities spot the migrant boat. this is a surveillance photo. a simulation we ve obtained from a ship tracking service shows civilian boats in the area in the run up to the sinking. coastguard and military vessels do not appear. the migrant boat didn t have a tracker, but the yellow pin shows where it eventually goes down. at around 1500 gmt, a ship called the lucky sailor, which gave us its logbook,