Two of the three Coast Guard helicopters and the patrol plane are out of order. As a result, only one helicopter is available for call-outs. Ásgeir Erlendsson, information officer for the Coast Guard, says that the situation arises every year when part of the fleet is unusable for several days due to maintenance. Of course, we want to have two helicopters most of the year, but the situation is simply that with three helicopters, this is the real…
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Two of the three Coast Guard helicopters and the patrol plane are out of order. As a result, only one helicopter is available for call-outs. Ásgeir Erlendsson, information officer for the Coast Guard, says that the situation arises every year when part of the fleet is unusable for several days due to maintenance. Of course, we want to have two helicopters most of the year, but the situation is simply that with three helicopters, this is the real…