A major Coast Guard search and rescue operation is underway after a shipwreck with migrants 47 miles southwest of Pylos in the Mediterranean Sea.
In a new press release, the Coast Guard says the extensive operation is being coordinated by the Coast Guard’s Joint Search and Rescue Coordination Center – EL.AKT, with the participation of:
- patrol boat Λ.Σ.-ΕΛ.ΑΚΤ (Coast Guard)
- Patrol Boat (High Seas) (Π.Α.Θ.) Λ.Σ.-ΕΛ.ΑΚΤ (Coast Guard)
- Frigate PN (Greek Navy)
- nine private courts.
Air search is carried out by:
- helicopter Λ.Σ.-ΕΛ.ΑΚΤ (Coast Guard),
- helicopter PA,(Greek Air Force)
- helicopter PN (Greek Navy)
The statement says that 104 people have been rescued so far, 78 bodies have been recovered.
A new documentary photo of a boat with migrants taken from a patrol boat.
Before that, a photo taken from a Frontex drone was published.
A pre-shipwrecked photograph of a fishing boat off Pylos is shocking as it shows migrants lying on top of each other on the deck. The shocking helicopter photos we saw yesterday turn out to be taken from a Coast Guard boat.
The frigate P. N. “KANARIS” in the port of Kalamata transports the bodies found near the site of the tragic shipwreck / Photo by NIKOLOPOULOS ANTONIS-EUROKINISSI
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