Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 18th of May 2024 Case name: 2024_05_18-Eastern Med - 206
Situation: 32 people rescued by Hellenic Coast Guard and taken to Crete, Greece
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Eastern Med
Summary of the Case:
During the early morning of May 18th, 2024, Alarm Phone received an alert about a boat in distress near Crete. According to the received information, the people had left from Cyprus towards Italy. We could not reach the boat directly but nonetheless immediately alerted the Hellenic Coast Guard, providing the last known position. When calling the Hellenic Coast Guard, they said they would investigate the case. At 10:50 CEST, the port authority of Kaloi Limenes confirmed that they had rescued the boat with 32 people onboard and that they were already on a bus to Heraklion. We tweeted about the outcome:
https://twitter.com/alarm_phone/status/1791761882279297071
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