03/11: 1 boat in distress near the Turkish Coast, taken to Turkey by the Turkish Coast Guard

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04.11.2021 / 11:00 / Aegean Sea

Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 3rd of November 2021

Case name: 20211103-AEG837
Situation: 1 boat in distress near the Turkish Coast, taken to Turkey by the Turkish Coast GuardStatus of WTM Investigation: ConcludedPlace of Incident: Aegean Sea

Summary of the Case:

On the 3rd of November we were informed about a boat with 37 people near the Turkish Coast (36.670591, 28.773215 @23:01 CET) in urgent distress. At 23:16 CET we informed the Turkish Coast Guard about the distress case. At 23:29 CET we got in contact with the people on the boat, who told us they were "sinking and dying". At 23:52 CET we sent another e-mail to the Turkish authorities, at 23:54 CET the people on the boat message us "The boat is sinking for God's sake!". At 00:06 CET the Turkish Coastguard confirmed their rescue vessels would reach the boat in 10 minutes. At 00:22 we received the confirmation that the people had been rescued from distress by Turkish Coast Guard. According to the Turkish Coast Guard they had been transferred to Dalaman/Muğla.
Last update: 11:06 Dec 12, 2021
Credibility: UP DOWN 0
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  • Border police patrols     
    While the exact location of patrols is of course constantly changing, this line indicates the approximate boundary routinely patrolled by border guards’ naval assets. In the open sea, it usually correspond to the outer extent of the contiguous zone, the area in which “State may exercise the control necessary to prevent infringement of its customs, fiscal, immigration or sanitary laws” (UNCLOS, art. 33). Data source: interviews with border police officials.
  • Coastal radars     
    Approximate radar beam range covered by coastal radars operating in the frame of national marine traffic monitoring systems. The actual beam depends from several different parameters (including the type of object to be detected). Data source: Finmeccanica.
  • Exclusive Economic Zone     
    Maritime area beyond and adjacent to the territorial sea in which the coastal state exercises sovereign rights for the purposes of exploring and exploiting, conserving and managing the natural resources, whether living or non-living, the seabed and its subsoil and the superjacent waters. Its breadth is 200 nautical miles from the straight baselines from which the territorial sea is measured (UNCLOS, Arts. 55, 56 and 57). Data source: Juan Luis Suárez de Vivero, Atlas of the European Seas and Oceans
  • Frontex operations     
    Frontex has, in the past few years, carried out several sea operations at the maritime borders of the EU. The blue shapes indicate the approximate extend of these operations. Data source: Migreurop Altas.
  • Mobile phone coverage     
    Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) network coverage. Data source: Collins Mobile Coverage.
  • Oil and gas platforms     
    Oil and gas platforms in the Mediterranean. Data source:
  • Search and Rescue Zone     
    An area of defined dimensions within which a given state is has the responsibility to co-ordinate Search and Rescue operations, i.e. the search for, and provision of aid to, persons, ships or other craft which are, or are feared to be, in distress or imminent danger. Data source: IMO availability of search and rescue (SAR) services - SAR.8/Circ.3, 17 June 2011.
  • Territorial Waters     
    A belt of sea (usually extending up to 12 nautical miles) upon which the sovereignty of a coastal State extends (UNCLOS, Art. 2). Data source: Juan Luis Suárez de Vivero, Atlas of the European Seas and Oceans

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