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.
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 boat. bbc verify has confirmed this is footage of it happening. from 7:40pm until 10:40pm, greek officials, from a discreet distance, see the boat keeping a steady course and speed, according to their initial statement. but they later published this close up image, taken in the same time period, which shows no waves around the migrant boat, suggesting it s hardly moving. and let s look again at the activity of the last seven hours. it s all around one specific spot, indicating the migrant boat has barely changed position. remember, all this time, greece says the vessel is not in trouble and is safely on its way to italy,
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,
records, logbooks, we ve 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, 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. bbc verify has confirmed this is footage of it happening. from 7:40pm until 10:40pm, greek officials, from a discreet distance, see the boat keeping a steady course and speed, according to their initial statement. but they later published this close up image, taken in the same time period, which shows no waves around the migrant boat, suggesting it s hardly moving. and let s look again at the activity of the last seven hours. it s all around one specific spot, indicating the migrant boat has barely changed position. remember, all this time, greece says the vessel is not in trouble and is safely on its way to italy, and so no rescue is needed. it is at ”pm that the boat sinks with hundreds on board. and there is a frenzy or ships coming to help. and there is a frenzy of ships coming to help. including the celebrity beyond, from where this footage was taken and later sent to the bbc.