Has been missing for two weeks at sea – he was found alive on Friday – news Nordland

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This is confirmed by the Northern Norway Central Rescue Center (HRS) to news. – The sailboat “Kobben”, which was missing between Vannøya and Svalbard, today contacted a family member, who further notified HRS. Resources were dispatched, and the boat was located by a rescue helicopter from Bodø, approx. 40 nautical miles west of Andøya. Lifeboat on the way for assistance, writes HRS in a message. Large resources have been searching for the sailboat for the past week, after he was reported missing last Friday. It was this motor yacht with which the man was to sail from Vannøya to Svalbard. One week after the voyage started, he was reported missing by the Governor of Svalbard. Photo: HRS In the past week, several rescue helicopters, coast guard ships, surveillance aircraft and civilian ships have searched through large areas for a missing man in a sailboat – without finding anything. It was Friday 13 September that the man sailed from Vannøya outside Tromsø with destination Longyearbyen in Svalbard. The man must have been in contact with an acquaintance over the phone at ten o’clock on the day of departure. According to the Central Rescue Service (HRS), this is the last sighting of the man and the boat. The rescue helicopter SAR Queen searched an area of ​​sea outside Vesterålen in Nordland on Friday evening. Photo: Screenshot by Flightradar 27/09/24 One week later, the man was reported missing by the Governor of Svalbard. The surveillance aircraft P-8 Poseidon searched earlier this week in a large sea area southwest of Svalbard, larger than the Norwegian mainland and Svalbard combined. The man is said to have sailed this distance between Vannøya and Svalbard over 40 times. The missing man is described by HRS as an experienced sailor, and is said to have sailed the distance over 40 times. He lives partly in Longyearbyen and on the mainland. – There is reason to consider him to be used to boating and that he has the expertise for what he does, stated rescue manager Thor Eirik Thorkildsen at the Northern Norway Central Rescue Center last week. Published 27/09/2024, at 22.11 Updated 27.09.2024, at 22.20



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