Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 23rd of February 2022Case name: 2022_02_23-AEG861
Situation: 27 travellers rescued by Turkish Coastguard, taken to Bodrum
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Eastern Med
Summary of the Case: In the early morning of the 23rd of February 2022, Alarm Phone received a call by a concerned relative, alerting us to a group of 27 travellers including pregnant women and children in distress. At the time of the alert, the caller related that the engine had stopped working and that they were drifting. We failed to establish direct contact to the boat, and we alerted the Turkish authorities at 07:37 CET. At 14:17 CET that afternoon we received news from the Turkish Coastguard that they had found the boat and brought the travellers to Bodrum, Turkey.
Last update: 15:15 Jul 20, 2022
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