Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 21st of June 2019Case name: 2019_06_21-AEG539
Situation: 53 travellers rescued to Oinousses island, Greece
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Aegean Sea
Summary of the Case:
On Friday, 21st of June, at 4:29am CEST, the Alarm Phone was alerted to a boat in distress near Oinousses island. At 4:36am we managed to establish a direct contact to the boat. We heard many voices and children screaming. At 4:41am, we alerted the Greek Coastguard in Piraeus. We also sent an email to the respective authorities to document the alert. At 4:49am, the travellers informed us that the rescue had started. At 5:10am we called the Greek Coastguard again that confirmed the rescue.
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