A man and two women have been found dead by Coast Guard officers who have been involved in an operation northeast of Mykonos since Friday morning to search for migrants after a shipwreck.

The case came to light when the Coast Guard spotted two people swimming off the coast of the island. The two migrants, after being rescued, told authorities about the crash and the other passengers, who they said were six. Later, they changed their testimony and spoke about only 17 people.

Two boats of the port corps, a Super Puma helicopter and ground equipment are working at the scene, an investigation is underway to establish the whereabouts of 12 more missing persons.

Coast Guard announcement of the operation

“A search and rescue operation, coordinated by the Joint Search and Rescue Center of the Coast Guard and the Hellenic Coast Guard, is being carried out this morning to find missing foreigners in the sea area northeast of Mykonos.

In particular, EKSED/LS-EL.AKT., using the European emergency number “112”, reported on the provision of assistance to a vessel located in the above sea area. Patrol vessel L.S.-EL.AKT. arrived at the scene, found two foreigners on the rocky shore, who boarded the LS-EL.AKT patrol boat and were safely delivered to the port of Mykonos. According to their statement, they started from the Turkish coast and were on a plastic boat with 15 other people without life-saving equipment, which capsized and sank.

The search for the missing was immediately launched by three LS-EL AKT patrol boats, a floating ship and private boats, as well as a SUPER PUMA PA helicopter, a Sikorsky PN helicopter, and LS-EL.AKT patrol cars. . from the ground. The High Seas Ship LS-EL.AKT., an undersea mission unit (MYA) echelon, is rushing into the area, while an LS-EL.AKT helicopter is about to operate as well.

So far, two people have been rescued and three bodies have been recovered (one man and two women), and the prevailing weather conditions are a north wind of 5 points on the scale.