Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 2nd of March 2018Case name: 2018_03_02-AEG342
Situation: 38 travellers rescued by the Greek coast guard
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Aegean Sea
Summary of the Case: On Friday the 2nd of March, at 0.57am, the Alarm Phone shift team was alerted by a contact person to a group of 38 travellers, amongst them 14 children and one pregnant woman, forwarding us their phone number, and a position showing that they were close to the Greek island Samos. We were not able to establish direct contact to the travellers. At 1.04am we called the Greek coast guard and passed on the information we had about the boat. At 1.27am the contact person informed us that the travellers had been rescued by the Greek coast guard, which the coast guard confirmed when we called them afterwards.
Last update: 09:42 Mar 18, 2018
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