Italian authorities have taken control of a boat carrying 450 migrants, thought to be Syrians, after the crew abandoned it off Italy's coast, The BBC reported on Friday.
The Italian coast guard said it was now being towed to an Italian port after a rescue team managed to board.
The Ezadeen, sailing under the flag of Sierra Leone, lost power in rough seas overnight off the south-east of Italy.
A total of 796 migrants were rescued from another ship found abandoned without any crew earlier in the week.