Missing woman in Hammerfest found after 30 hours – news Troms and Finnmark

The woman was to go on a Pearl trip from Hammerfest on Saturday morning. When she had not returned home at half past ten on Saturday night, she was reported missing. – The search operation has been going on throughout the night, and we still have hopes of finding her safe and sound, said operations manager Ann Rigmor Søderholm at Finnmark police district earlier Sunday. At 18.50, the police inform that the woman has been found by the rescue helicopter SAR Queen at Kultfjellet. She has a cold and is being flown to the University Hospital of Northern Norway (UNN) in Tromsø for treatment. – We have found a person who matches the missing. It has also been confirmed from relatives that this is the right person, says task leader Leif-Magne Thomassen to news on Sunday night. The hiker was missing for over 30 hours. The press guard at UNN does not want to say what condition the woman is in on Sunday night. They will return to tomorrow, it is stated. Here, the SAR Queen flies to Tromsø with the Hammerfest woman on board. Photo: Rune N. Andreassen / news Very poor visibility Thomassen says that the weather conditions have made the search operation more difficult than normal. – There has been a lot of rain, low cloud cover and fog. The biggest problem has been that visibility has been particularly poor. We have only had a visibility of 100 to 200 meters. This has meant that we have not been able to utilize the air resources as desired, the task leader explains. – Thus, we had to have more on the ground. There were demanding weather conditions in the exploration area, with low cloud cover and fog. The woman in the mountains is searched for, among other things, by using tracked vehicles and ATVs. Photo: Jan Steve Sørensen He says that approx. 140 volunteers lined up to find the woman. – It has been a huge commitment. We just have to praise people for showing up. When the aim was as it was, we just have to thank people who spend their free time helping us. It warms many hearts. The reindeer police and large forces from the police and the Red Cross, searched for the woman in her 60s who had been missing in Hammerfest since Saturday night. Photo: Jan Steve Sørensen Had contact last night During the night until Sunday, the police had contact with the woman by telephone. She could then tell that she was in good shape, but that she had passed away. – The woman was basically to go towards Sætergamdalen. But since it has been many hours since she started, and she does not know where she is, it is widely searched in Hammerfest and the surrounding area, said operations manager Søderholm earlier Sunday. It was not possible for the police to make new contact with the woman until she was found on Sunday night. The woman in her 60s was to go on a pearl trip to Sætergamdalen in Hammerfest on Saturday morning. Later that evening, she was reported missing.



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