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Helicopter dispatched for incident involving fishing vessel off coast of Húnaflói, Iceland

Thursday 24th 2024 on 23:08 in  
Iceland

A helicopter from the Coast Guard was dispatched around eight o’clock in response to an incident aboard a fishing vessel off the coast of Húnaflói. Currently, there are no details available regarding the severity of the accident.

According to Ásgeir Erlendsson, a spokesperson for the Coast Guard, the helicopter was not sent out with the highest urgency, and he could not provide any information regarding the nature of the incident due to its recent occurrence. Additionally, there were no specifics shared about the size of the vessel, other than it being identified as a fishing boat.

Source 
(via ruv.is)