Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations –23rd of May 2019Case name: 2019_05_23-AEG530
Situation: boat carrying 35 people close to Lesvos, rescued to Greece
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Aegean Sea
Summary of the Case: On Thursday the 23rd of May 2019 at 3:01am CEST the alarmphone shift team was alerted to a boat in distress carrying around 30 people. We saw from their location that they were very close to the coast of Lesvos. After failing to make direct contact with the boat we informed the Greek coastguard at 3:10am. At 3:34am we learned that the Greek coastguard rescued the travellers 20 meters from the shore, this was later confirmed by the Greek coastguard.
Last update: 08:35 Jun 17, 2019
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