Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 19th of January 2019Case name: 2019_01_19-AEG480
Situation: Alarm Phone alerted 25 travellers in distress, who were soon after rescued by the Greek coast guard.
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Aegean Sea
Summary of the Case: On Saturday 19th of December at 2.15am CET our shift team was alerted by a contact person to a group of 25 travellers, including nine women and five children on the way to Farmakonisi. The contact person forwarded us the phone number and position of the travellers. We managed to get in contact with the travellers, who were in urgent distress and informed us that water was entering the boat. At 2.30am we alerted the Greek coast guard to the situation, forwarding them the position of the travellers, and an hour later the travellers confirmed to us that they had been rescued and were being taken to Greece.
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