Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 14th of April 2016Case name: 2016_04_14-AEG248
Situation: Alarm Phone alerted to boat intercepted by Turkish coastguard southeast of the Greek island of Lesvos, with NATO military vessel involved
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Aegean Sea
Summary of the Case: On Thursday the 14th of April 2016 shortly after midnight, several contact persons informed the Alarm Phone about a boat, which had left from the Turkish coast east of the Greek island of Lesvos. At 0.30am we received updated coordinates, which showed the boat still in Turkish territorial waters. We were also informed that two vessels of the Turkish coastguard and probably of the NATO fleet were close to the boat or had already picked up the travellers. At 1am, one of the contact persons informed us that the travellers had been intercepted and that they were on their way back to Turkey. On marinetraffic.com, we observed that both a Turkish coastguard vessel and a NATO military ship were present at the location of the travellers’ boat. At 2am, another contact person confirmed to us that it was the Turkish coastguard, who had intercepted the travellers and had brought them back to Turkey.
Last update: 10:30 Apr 15, 2016
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