Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 23rd of March 2019Case name: 2019_03_23-AEG499
Situation: Alarm Phone alerted to a boat in distress in the Aegean Sea
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Aegean Sea
Summary of the Case: On Saturday the 23rd of March 2019, the Alarm Phone was alerted by a contact person at 4.12am CET about a boat in distress near the Turkish coast, carrying 65 people in total. At 4.28am, we reached the migrant travellers and they confirmed that they had problems with their boat. They said that water was entering their boat and their engine was making trouble. They requested urgent help and said that they would want to be rescued also by the Turkish coastguards. At 4.52am, we reached out to the Turkish coastguards and passed on the information. They confirmed that they would go out and conduct the rescue. Already at 5.05am, the Turkish coastguards called us back, stating that they had found them and would return them to Turkey. At 7am, one of the travellers also confirmed that they had been rescued and safely returned to Turkey.
Last update: 20:46 Apr 03, 2019
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