Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 8th of September 2018Case name: 2018_08_09-AEG424
Situation: 2 boats in the Aegean: 30 people rescued to Samos, 7 people arrived at Kos
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Aegean Sea
Summary of the Case:
On Saturday, 8th of September, we were alerted to two boats in distress at the Aegean Sea. One boat with 30 people on board was eventually rescued to Samos. A second boat with 7 people arrived safely in Kos.
Case 1: At 4:44am CEST we were informed about a boat in distress on its way to Samos, carrying 30 people. We couldn’t reach the boat and informed the Port Police of Samos at 5:11am. We also alerted JRCC Piraeus and UNHCR Greece via email. At 6:10am the Samos port police confirmed that the people had arrived safely.
Case 2: At 5:51am we were informed about a jet boat on its way to Kos, with 7 people on board. We couldn’t establish a direct connection to the boat. At 6:20 we called the Kos Port Authority that informed us that a boat with 7 travellers had arrived at 6am. At 10:20am the contact person confirmed their safe arrival to Greece.
Last update: 20:14 Sep 26, 2018
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