Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 6th of October 2017Case name: 2017_10_06-AEG310
Situation: 2 cases of distress in the AEG, close to Lesvos and Ro island, all travellers rescued to Greece
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Aegean Sea
Summary of the Case: On Friday, 6th of October 2017, we were alerted to two distress cases in the Aegean Sea. At 3.32am, a contact person alerted us about a boat carrying 55 people heading towards Lesvos. We could not reach the boat, but the contact person continuously updated us about the position of the boat that was still moving towards the island.
At 4:19am, the contact person informed us that the engine of the boat kept turning off and that one person on board had lost consciousness. At 4:20am, we called the Greek Coast Guard, who stated that they were already searching for a boat close to Lesvos. We also sent an email to document the alert. At 5:59am the contact persons informed us that the travellers had been transferred to a vessel of the Greek Coast Guard.
At 4:32am, a contact person alerted us to a second distress case: a boat heading towards Ro island with 40 people on board, among them many women and children. We called the boat, which had problems with the engine, but was still moving. Their position was west of Ro Island. We continuously monitored their position as they not in a distress situation. At 6:50am, their engine stopped, but soon after they informed us that it was working again. At 7:20am the travellers informed us that they could see Ro island. When the situation became worse, we informed the Coast Guard at 7:48am about the boat in distress and passed them the latest position. We also sent an email to document the alert. We called the boat again at 7:58am to inform the people and asked them to also call the Coast Guard themselves. At 8:09am we talked to the travellers again. They told us that they had called the Coast Guard 10 minutes earlier, but that no one had showed up yet. We called the Coast Guard again and they confirmed that they had sent a rescue boat. At 09:22am, the travellers confirmed that they had been rescued and that they were all safe on Ro Island.
Last update: 11:32 Oct 29, 2017
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