Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 18th of October 2018Case name: 2018_10_18-AEG444
Situation: Distress situation in the Aegean Sea
Status of WTM Investigation: Closed
Place of Incident: Aegean Sea
Summary of the Case: On Thursday, the 18th of October 2018, our Alarm Phone shift team was alerted to two boats in distress. Both reached Chios Island/Greece safely.
Boat 1: At 3.07am, a contact person forwarded a GPS position of a boat in distress to us, showing them in Greek waters, close to Chios island. We were informed that there were 38 people in total, including 15 women and at least 10 children, including an infant. We were able to reach the boat at 3.14am and were told that they had just independently reached Chios island. Everyone was in good health but some were wet and they were stuck on a beach in the south-east of the island. We received a new GPS position which we forwarded to the Greek coastguards at 3.25am. They said that they would alert authorities in Chios to the group.
Boat 2: At 6.14am, we were alerted by a contact person to a second boat on its way to Chios, carrying 42 people, including 12 children. At 6.17am, 6.26am and 6.35am, we received GPS positions from the boat. We alerted the Greek coastguards at 6.35am to the case and passed on all information. Afterwards we were unable to re-establish contact to the boat. At 7.48am, the Greek coastguards informed us that the boat had reached Chios Island and the people were safe.
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