The helicopter was ordered to take off shortly before 12 noon with destination the ship with immigrants who is in tow by the Greek frigate HYDRA.
A Super Puma helicopter flew south-east of Ierapetra to urgently take delivery of the ship with 700 immigrants a pregnant woman.
At 11:38, Super Puma helicopter of the Air Force took off from Rhodes, to aero pregnant Iranian origin from the ship «BARIS», flag Kiribati sailing trailer from the frigate "HYDRA" forty miles south- east of Ierapetra.