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The Guard's Plane Had to Find a Hole in the Fog so the Helicopter Could Pick up a Sick Passenger.

Summary by RÚV
A seriously ill passenger from a cruise ship was lifted aboard a Coast Guard helicopter in difficult conditions off the southern coast of the country this afternoon. The call came from the ship last night, but due to poor visibility, the helicopter could not arrive. Viggó Sigurðsson, from the Coast Guard's operations department, says that the guard's aircraft was called in to assist in finding a suitable place for the lift where visibility would…
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A seriously ill passenger from a cruise ship was lifted aboard a Coast Guard helicopter in difficult conditions off the southern coast of the country this afternoon. The call came from the ship last night, but due to poor visibility, the helicopter could not arrive. Viggó Sigurðsson, from the Coast Guard's operations department, says that the guard's aircraft was called in to assist in finding a suitable place for the lift where visibility would…

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RÚV broke the news in on Monday, July 21, 2025.
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