Helicopter crew called out on top priority due to leak on board boat

The Coast Guard helicopter was called out at the highest priority in the third hour today due to a leak on board a fishing boat west of Akranes. The Landsbjörg Rescue Team also participated in the response.

A distress call was received from a fishing boat west of Akranes at three o'clock today due to a leak that had developed in the boat. Rescue teams and a Coast Guard helicopter were called out as a top priority. There were two people on the boat. Ásgeir Erlendsson, information officer for the Coast Guard, says that things went better than expected because the leak was quickly stopped. It was a lifeboat that arrived first on the scene and the heli…