Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 14th of November 2019Case name: 2019_11_14- AEG621
Situation: 30 travellers arrived at Samos
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Aegean Sea
Summary of the Case:
On the 14th of November the Alarm Phone was alerted to one situation in the Aegean Sea:
On the 14th of November at 00:08am CET the Alarm Phone was alerted by friends of 30 travellers, including 10 children and 15 women who had arrived at north-east of Samos. As soon as the Alarm Phone received their position the local authorities were informed. The GPS location of the travellers was north-east of the island. After difficulties with communicating with the authorities, the Alarm Phone got new information at 6:29am that due to the difficulty to access the area, the authorities would first go there with the first daylight. At 7:26am the Alarm Phone received a new location from the travellers and passed it on to the authorities. According to the authorities the people were in the mountains and difficult to rescue. At 9:12am the Alarm Phone received a confirmation from the travelers that they had been rescued. At 4:36pm the local port authority confirmed that the people were safe.
Last update: 18:37 Dec 28, 2019
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