Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 22nd of August 2019
Case name: 2019_08_22-AEG560
Situation: 17 travelers (4 women, 7 children) drifting in Greek water close to Chios island, rescued by the Greek coast guard
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Aegean Sea

Summary of the Case:

On Thursday, 22nd of August at 10:00am CEST the Alarm Phone was alerted to a group of 17 travelers, among them 4 women and 7 children, in Greek waters close to Chios island, according to their GPS location.
At 10:11am we received a new GPS location and they reported that they were drifting because their engine was not working anymore, there were big waves and they were very afraid because they feared to sink.
At 10:15am we alerted the Greek coast guards in Piraeus and informed the travelers about this. We also forwarded the Greek emergency number and the number of the coast guards to the travelers, but they said they could not reach those numbers.
At 10:29am we received a new GPS location which was still in Greek waters which we forwarded via e-mail to the coast guards. From that moment on we could not get through to the people anymore. At 11:26am we called the Greek coast guards and were informed that they had rescued the group and at 01:00pm we received the direct confirmation by the travelers that they were save in Greece.