Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 6th of November 2018Case name: 2018_11_06-AEG454
Situation: Distress situation in the Aegean Sea
Status of WTM Investigation: Closed
Place of Incident: Aegean Sea
Summary of the Case: On Tuesday the 6th of November 2018, at 10.21pm, the Alarm Phone was alerted by a contact person to a boat in distress in the Aegean Sea. We received a voice message of a person on the boat asking for help, as well as a phone number and the GPS location of the boat. There were a total of 26 people on the boat. At 10.24pm, we informed the Greek coastguards to the case and passed on the information. At 10.37pm we received an updated position which we passed on to the coastguards at 10.38pm. The Greek authorities informed us at 10.48pm that they had a patrol boat near the boat in distress. At 10.50pm, our contact person confirmed that they had been rescued by the Greek coastguards.
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