At least five people drowned and 550 were rescued by the Italian coastguard. after the overcrowded fishing boat they were traveling in capsized off the Libyan coast .
A dramatic series of photos taken by Italian Navy while en route to the rescue shows the people on board frantically trying to save themselves as the crammed wooden vessel tilts into the sea.
The accident happened after the Navy ship Bettica spotted the rickety vessel in "precarious conditions" while on routine patrols in the southern Mediterranean.
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