Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 17th of September 2019Case name: 2019_09_17-AEG575
Situation: 35 travellers rescued by the Turkish Coastguard close to Orak odasi Foça and one boat landed on the North of Lesvos.
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Aegean Sea
Summary of the Case: On Tuesday the 17th of September we were alerted to two boats in distress; the first boat was rescued by the Turkish Coastguard and the second boat landed on the North of Lesvos.
At 12.33 am CEST of Tuesday the 17th of September we got in contact with a boat carrying 35 travellers that had crushed with a rock near Orak odasi Foça.
The boat was leaking and the travellers needed urgent assistance. Ten minutes later they sent us their GPS coordinates which we then forwarded to the Turkish Coastguard. At 1.57 am the travellers informed us that they had been rescued.
At 9.19 pm we were alerted to another boat in distress north of Lesvos island. Our shift team called the Greek Coastguard that informed us that they had just received the information that a boat had landed at the north of Lesvos. At 11.30 pm we receive confirmation from the travellers that they were all safe in a UNHCR camp.
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