Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 2nd of April 2016Case name: 2016_04_02-AEG243
Situation: 02/04: Alarm Phone alerted to travellers stranded on Ro, Greece
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Aegean Sea
Summary of the Cases: On Saturday, the 2nd of April 2016, the Alarm Phone was alerted to a group of travellers stranded on the Greek island of Ro in the Aegean Sea. At 4.40am a contact person sent us a WhatsApp message about a boat with 19 children and 11 adults off the coast of Ro. They did not dare to debark as they had reached a very rocky part of the island. The travellers did not have enough credit on their phone to inform the Coastguard. We tried, but could not reach the travellers, so we called the Greek Coastguard to inform them about the case. At 5.10am the contact person informed us that the travellers had made it on to the island. One child was in urgent need of medical assistance - it was blue in the face and had difficulties breathing. At 5.18 we forwarded this information and the traveller's new position to the Greek Coastguard. They told us that they had already sent a boat from Kastellorizo. At 6.06am the contact person wrote us that the Coastguard had arrived and had found the group on the island.
Last update: 16:44 Apr 08, 2016
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