'It's not good, I don't know if we're going to make it': How channel crossing ...

A migrant feared drowned in the Channel tragedy phoned a friend to say: 'It's not good, the engine isn't powerful enough – I don't know if we're going to make it.'

Mohammad Aziz, 31, has not been heard of since his frantic call to a fellow Iraqi Kurd, Peshraw Aziz. 

He told the Daily Mail last night from his camp in Calais: 'He was panicking the boat might sink.'

Meanwhile, other migrants told how they feared for four Afghan youngsters who have also gone missing in the wake of Wednesday's disaster which claimed at least 27 lives.

Riaz Mohammed, 12, his relative Share Mohammed, 17, and two other teenagers, Palowan, 16, and Shinai, 15, were among those attempting the perilous crossing that day.

Friends who were unable to contact them yesterday said they were worried they were among the dead.

One friend showed a TikTok video filmed on Monday of Riaz and Share, from Jalalabad, wearing life jackets on the beach as they prepared for an earlier attempted voyage to England.

A pregnant woman was among the 27 who perished. Officials said the dead included 17 men, seven women, two boys and one girl.

Yesterday a lifeboat volunteer who helped pull six bodies from the sea on Wednesday likened the horrific scene to a disaster movie.

Charles Devos, who was one of the first to arrive, said: 'It was a bit like the film Titanic when you saw all these people plunged into the water, drowning, with no means of being able to be rescued. 

'Unfortunately, we were only able to recover the dead people.'

He added: 'I saw the blow-up boat had really deflated. Was it a valve that came loose or did it hit an object? I think it happened due to overloading.

'Don't forget, you think the sea is calm – the sea isn't calm because it's nearly always choppy.'

Mr Devos said: 'We passed next to an inflatable boat that was completely deflated. What little air

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