{"id":21561,"date":"2026-09-14T12:24:49","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T12:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/14\/25-feared-missing-after-51-rescued-greek-city-times\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T12:24:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T12:24:49","slug":"25-feared-missing-after-51-rescued-greek-city-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/14\/25-feared-missing-after-51-rescued-greek-city-times\/","title":{"rendered":"25 Feared Missing After 51 Rescued \u2013 Greek City Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-first=\"A\">\n<h3 id=\"h-a-major-search-and-rescue-operation-is-continuing-south-of-gavdos-after-51-foreign-nationals-were-rescued-from-a-partially-submerged-dinghy-with-no-trace-yet-found-of-an-estimated-25-people-reported-missing\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">A major search and rescue operation is continuing south of Gavdos after 51 foreign nationals were rescued from a partially submerged dinghy, with no trace yet found of an estimated 25 people reported missing.<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Hellenic Coast Guard said the 51 survivors were located about 38 nautical miles south of Gavdos late Sunday and brought safely ashore.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They were transported in two groups to Paleochora and Agia Galini in Crete, where they underwent registration and received first aid, food and other basic assistance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rescued group is expected to be transferred to the reception centre in Agyia, Chania, for processing before being moved to mainland Greece.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the operation, another foreign national was recovered unconscious from the sea and taken to Chania General Hospital for medical treatment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to accounts given by those rescued, 77 people were aboard the dinghy when it began its journey. Authorities have therefore launched an extensive search for approximately 25 people who remain unaccounted for.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The operation, coordinated by the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre, remains underway in the area, with multiple search and rescue assets involved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authorities have yet to determine the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of those still missing.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"article-tags entry-footer\">\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"category_container author-information\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<section id=\"authorpage\" class=\"authorpage\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/99ca06517608e7af44e9761bf7c358974ffbc4a43859fd8e5be6fc2f50d341af?s=164&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/99ca06517608e7af44e9761bf7c358974ffbc4a43859fd8e5be6fc2f50d341af?s=328&amp;r=g 2x\" class=\"avatar avatar-164 photo lazyload\" height=\"164\" width=\"164\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"author-content\">\n<h5>Bill Giannopoulos<\/h5>\n<h4>Junior Editor<\/h4>\n<p>Bill Giannopoulos is a Junior Editor at Greek City Times, covering Greek and international news, sport, and history.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.gr\" class=\"boxed-icon fill\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fa-solid fa-link\"\/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/2026\/09\/14\/25-missing-south-of-gavdos\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A major search and rescue operation is continuing south of Gavdos after 51 foreign nationals were rescued from a partially submerged dinghy, with no trace yet found of an estimated 25 people reported missing. The Hellenic Coast Guard said the 51 survivors were located about 38 nautical miles south of Gavdos late Sunday and brought &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"25 Feared Missing After 51 Rescued \u2013 Greek City Times\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/14\/25-feared-missing-after-51-rescued-greek-city-times\/#more-21561\" aria-label=\"Read more about 25 Feared Missing After 51 Rescued \u2013 Greek City Times\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/HSLQwKcbUAABLdb.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","no-featured-image-padding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21561\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}