Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 22nd of April 2019Case name: 2019_04_22-AEG513
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 Monday the 22nd of April 2019, the Alarm Phone was alerted at approximately 10pm CEST to a boat with 49 people on board. They were in distress near the Greek island of Farmakonisi. When we could not reach the travellers directly, we informed the Greek coastguards at 10.29pm and forwarded the GPS position we had of the boat. At 10.54pm we briefly reached the boat but communication with the travellers was difficult. Shortly after midnight, the Greek coastguards confirmed that they had rescued the boat and people had been safely brought to Farmakonisi.
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