Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 13th of October 2018Case name: 2018_10_13-AEG441
Situation: 2 boats to Samos island picked up by Turkish Coast Guard
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Aegean Sea
Summary of the Cases:
On Saturday, 13th of October, we have been alerted to 2 different boats on the way towards Samos. Both have been found and brought back by the Turkish Coast Guard.
Case 1: At 9:22pm CEST, we were informed about a boat carrying 45 people that was on its way towards Samos. The contact person transferred us the position of the boat, which was in Turkish waters, and asked us to call the Turkish Coast Guard as the boat was sinking. We couldn’t establish a direct connection to the boat and called the Turkish Coast Guard at 9:30pm. At 9:37pm we managed to speak to the travellers, that informed us that they saw the Coast Guard approaching. At 9:55pm we spoke to the group again, that confirmed that they had been rescued by the Turkish Coast Guard.
Case 2: At 9:57pm we were alerted to a second boat towards Samos with 60 people on board. We contacted the travellers at 10pm. They told us that their engine had stopped working. The connection broke and we couldn’t get through to the travellers anymore. The contact person had sent us their position, which was in Turkish waters, and we informed the Turkish authority at 10:13pm about the boat in distress. We received a new position of the boat that we passed to the Turkish Coast Guard at 10:40pm. At 11:29pm we called again to ask for information. The authorities told us that the boat wasn’t found yet, but they would search with a vessel and a helicopter. At 11:57pm we called to the centre of the Coast Guard in Ankara and they confirmed the rescue.
Last update: 14:53 Oct 27, 2018
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