Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 10th of September 2017Case name: 2017_09_10-AEG303
Situation: Alarm Phone in contact with 60 travellers south of Lesvos, rescued to Greece
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Aegean Sea
Summary of the Case: On Sunday, the 10th of September, at 05:10am, we were informed by a contact person about a rubber boat south of Lesvos, carrying 60 people, among them many children and 5 pregnant women. The boat was still moving and we continuously received updated positions until at 5:59am the situation on the overloaded boat became worse and worse. We called the travellers and then informed the Greek Coast Guard, who said they would send a rescue boat. We also sent an email to document our alert and informed the Emergency Response Centre International (ERCI) in Lesvos, about the case.
At 7:00 both us and ERCI received a rescue confirmation by t
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