So, who really took this picture hours before the migrant boat capsized off #Pylos in #Greece?
A short #osint thread... π§΅
@SARwatchMED shows below that the photo was taken from inside a P355GR coastal patrol vessel. Which is exactly the type of @HCoastGuard vessel ΞΞ£-920. That vessel left from Crete on Tuesday and approached the migrant boat.
According to the initial timeline of events (published by @HCoastGuard ) the LS-920 remained at a distance & discreetly observed the migrant boat. But this photo is yet another proof of the close encounter the HCG had with the migrants. At night, using headlights & later a rope.
Another thing we know from this verification, is that the LS-920 had a very capable camera on board.
π¨Interesting development on the Pylos shipwreck this morning with this piece by @jeansouliotis. A source in the @HCoastGuard said that one of their vessels attempted to tie rope to the migrant boat off Pylos on Tuesday evening. (THREAD) π§΅#Ξ ΟΞ»ΞΏΟ kathimerini.gr/society/562473β¦
The @HCoastGuard does not deny the rope incident, they they don't call it an attempt to tow the migrant boat. Interestingly, the @HCoastGuard did not mention this incident in its detailed timeline of events that was published on Wednesday.
The source tells @jeansouliotis that they used the rope in an attempt to control the circumstances inside the boat, ie to try to stabilize it. Not sure using a rope at an overcrowded boat is a good way to do this though. Definitely not a wise move especially when it comes from...
A thread with some more details on what we saw with @BBCkatyaadler & @jadominguez_a when we filmed the site of the Nord Stream explosions with the help of an underwater drone, including some unpublished pics & videos plus bits from the sonar. (1/17) #nordstream#osint
Our main finding is that large sections of the pipeline have been blown off and moved great distances away from their original position. Our sonar data verifies the information published by the Nord Stream 1 consortium, that debris is spread over a large area. (2/17)
While we could find some small debris in the area, it was either in the scale of max a few kg, or very large. We saw no medium size debris.
Obvs we were there after the Swedish and German investigations. But we did pick up this piece of metal. (3/17)
I can now tweet about this rare moment when we find ourselves in the middle of a spy movie scene. We were at the #NordStream explosions site, inside πΈπͺ EEZ, when a Russian vessel approached the area.
A Danish spy plane soon arrived.
Photo through a pair of binoculars. #osint
The Russian vessel was NEFRIT (IMO: 9297773) an Offshore Supply Ship that was built in 2004. She was there to conduct the Russian investigation of the site. The plane, likely a Bombardier Challenger CL-604 of the Royal Danish Air Force @RDAFRBLX. Here's the scene:
There were three more vessels nearby. Two Swedish ones and one Danish one, inside the Danish EEZ at a few miles' distance, if I'm not mistaken.