Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 28th of January 2022Case name: 2022_01_28-AEG856
Situation: 20 travelers in distress near Kos, rescued by Turkish Coastguard to Turkey.
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Eastern Med
Summary of the Case:
In the early morning of the 28th of January 2022 Alarm Phone was called by a worried relative, alerting us to a group of 2 women, 1 child and 17 men is distress who had departed from around Dacta, Turkey. At the time of the alert, the caller related that the people on board were in distress and needed to be rescued ASAP. We tried to establish direct contact to the boat however we didn’t manage to reach them. We immediately alerted the Turkish authorities at 06:02 CET, informing them of the GPS position and asked for immediate help. At 09:10 we received confirmation from the Turkish Coast-guard that the boat had been rescued.
Last update: 19:15 May 16, 2022
Credibility: |
|
|
0 |
|