2014_Aegean_Sea_yacht_and_dinghy_capsizing
2014 Aegean Sea yacht and dinghy capsizing
Capsizing of migrant boats in the Aegean Sea
On 5 May 2014, a yacht and a dinghy, both overcrowded and carrying migrants destined for Greece, capsized about four nautical miles off the coast of the Greek island of Samos,[3] in the Aegean Sea. The vessels had been trying to enter Greece illegally at the time they overturned.[4] The cause of the capsizing remains unclear, since weather conditions at the time and place where it occurred were said to have been relatively good.[5]