Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 06th of May 2018Case name: 2018_05_06-AEG384
Situation: Distress situation in the Aegean Sea.
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Aegean Sea
Summary of the Case: On Sunday the 6th of May 2018, at 6.10am, our Alarm Phone shift team was alerted to a vessel in distress in the Aegean Sea, carrying 55 people. We received a GPS position as well as a phone number of the travellers. We were able to directly reach them and they were clearly anxious and in need of support. At 6.15am we informed the Greek coastguards about the distress situation and they took on the case. At 6.50am we received the confirmation that the boat had landed independently on the shore of Lesvos Island.
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