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On Monday , 21 May 2007 , a small and crowded migrant boat was spotted some 80 nmi south of Malta by the Maltese Air Force , and photographed while the 53 people on board were apparently trying to bail out water .. migrant boat. boat people. Malta. Malta. Maltese Air Force. Air Wing of the Armed Forces of Malta. Then the boat went missing .. No trace of the boat or its occupants was found by the Maltese boats sent to their search and rescue , and there was no means they could have reached the shore during the time span in between .. Maltese boats. Maritime Squadron of the Armed Forces of Malta. Maltese authorities and the UNHCR confirmed the missing status of the boat .. UNHCR. UNHCR. The state of peril in which the occupants of the boat found themselves at the time of their discovery was further confirmed by a cellphone call made by one occupant to a relative in Italy on the same day of 21 May , when the boat 's engine was said to have stopped , with water coming into the boat .. Italy. Italy. The event was the largest single disaster in terms of loss of life and involving migrant boats in the waters around Malta , a leading destination for migrants from Africa , until August 2008 , when 71 migrants in one boat were feared drowned according to the accounts made by the eight survivors .. Malta. Malta