Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 28th of February 2020Case name: 2020_02_28-AEG654
Situation: 26 travellers were rescued by the Turkish coastguard and brought back to Turkey.
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Aegean Sea
Summary of the Case: At 21:11h CET of Friday the 28th of February the Alarm Phone was alerted to a boat in distress heading towards Samos and carrying 26 travellers, including 13 children. At 21h21 we alerted both the Greek and Turkish coastguard. At 21:26 we spoke again to the travellers, they were very afraid that the boat might capsize due to the high waves. One hour later we received confirmation that the travelers had been rescued by the Turkish coastguard.
Last update: 13:05 Jul 03, 2020
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