In the evening hours on Tuesday January 13 2015, after a request by the Search and Rescue National Coordination Centre and by order of the Minister of National Defence Nikos Dendias, a type AEGEAN HAWK helicopter of the Hellenic Navy, under adverse weather conditions, rescued the crew of the merchant ship MARE (St. Vincent flagged) which was in danger at the region north of Kolymvari at Chania-Crete.
The crew of the aforementionned vessel, three Turks, two Azeris and one Georgian, was transported unwounded at the airport of the 115 BW at Chania.
