Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 21st of February 2017Case name: 2017_02_21-AEG278
Situation: 1 boat intercepted by the Turkish Coastguard on the way to Chios
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Aegean Sea
Summary of the Cases: On Tuesday, the 21st of February 2017, around 5pm, the Alarm Phone was alerted by different contact persons to a boat in distress close to the Greek island of Chios. According to the contact persons, there were about 15 people on board. We immediately called the Greek coastguard. They took the coordinates, but said that they would not search for the boat. We thus called the Turkish Coastguard. They took the coordinates and hung up on us. We called the Turkish Coastguard again several times. At 5.18 pm they told to us that they had just saved a boat with 14 passengers. We could not reach the people on the boat directly, but an hour later a few of our contact persons confirmed that the boat had been rescued by the Turkish Coastguard. The passengers were taken back to Turkey.
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