Overview
- Authorities said 14 bodies were recovered from the sea and a critically injured woman died at Chios hospital, raising the death toll to 15.
- About two dozen survivors were hospitalized, including 11 children and two coast guard officers, and doctors reported two pregnancies lost after emergency surgery.
- The coast guard reported the Turkey-bound speedboat ignored orders to stop and struck the patrol vessel before capsizing, while the exact circumstances are still being investigated.
- Search-and-rescue operations continue for possible missing people using patrol boats, divers and an air-force helicopter with thermal imaging.
- Initial estimates suggest roughly 30 to 35 people were on the migrant boat on a frequently used but perilous crossing from the Turkish coast toward Chios.