Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 20th of April 2019Case name: 2019_04_20-AEG512
Situation: Boat in distress carrying 29 people (including 12 children) close to Korakas, North of Lesvos
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Aegean Sea
Summary of the Case: On Saturday the 20th of April 2019 at 4.20am CEST the Alarm phone shift team was alerted to a boat in distress carrying 29 people (including 12 children and 7 women). At 4.33am we contacted the Greek coastguard and gave them the position of the boat. At 4:55am the people from the boat could see the coastguard, and the coastguard confirmed the rescue to Lesvos at 5:24am. At 5:39am the travellers also confirmed rescue, and sent their location from land.
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