Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations - 16th of March 2018Case name: 2018_03_16-AEG349
Situation: Alarm Phone alerted to 19 people on a boat in distress, arrived safely on the Greek island of Agathonisi
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Aegean Sea
Summary of the Case: On Friday, the 16th of March 2018 at 5am, a contact person informed the Alarm Phone about a boat heading towards the Greek island of Agathonisi, with 19 people on board, including 10 women and 4 children. He forwarded several GPS position to us and asked us to alert the Greek coastguard. We called the coastguard's headquarter in Piraeus at 5.16am and forwarded all information we had obtained so far. At 5.23am, we received an updated GPS position of the boat, which showed it only 700 metres away from the island's shores. We also forwarded this position to the Greek coastguard in Piraeus, and also sent to them all the information of the case via email. At 5.42am, the coastguard called us back and asked for news. They had sent a rescue vessel to the area, but it would need some time to arrive there. At 5.57am, the contact person informed us that the travellers had safely arrived on the Greek island of Agathonisi. We called the coastguard at 6am and informed them accordingly. They thanked us for the good news, as they had not been able to find the boat.
Last update: 21:02 Mar 19, 2018
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