Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 16th of April 2016Case name: 2016_04_16-AEG249
Situation: Alarm Phone alerted to boat southeast of Lesvos, rescued by Greek coastguard
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Aegean Sea
Summary of the Case: On Saturday the 16th of April 2016 at 3.25am, a contact person informed the Alarm Phone about a boat in distress in the Aegean Sea, with 50 travellers on board. At 3.30am, we received their coordinates, showing them southeast of the Greek island of Lesvos, already in Greek territorial waters. At 3.32am, we called the Greek coastguard and forwarded the GPS position. We were told that the coastguard would take care of the boat in distress. At 3.37am, the contact person told us that the Greek coastguard was approaching the boat and at 3.50am he confirmed to us that the boat had been rescued. At 6.30am, in another call to the Greek coastguard, we were also told that all 50 travellers had been rescued.
Last update: 15:26 Apr 25, 2016
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