Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 4th of April 2018Case name: 2018_04_04-AEG366
Situation: Boat in distress in the Aegean Sea
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Aegean Sea
Summary of the Case: On Wednesday the 4th of April 2018, our shift team was alerted at approximately 7.30am by a contact person to a boat in distress in the Aegean Sea, near the island of Kos, carrying 11 adults and 8 children. We tried to contact the travellers directly but were unable to reach them. At 7.56am we spoke to the Greek coastguards who were already aware about the case and confirmed that they were looking for the boat. At 8.24am, the coastguards confirmed that they had visual contact to the boat, and a rescue operation would shortly be launched. At 10.21am, the coastguards stated that they had rescued all the travellers to Kos.
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