It disappeared after skating – Aftonbladet

Since eight o’clock on Monday evening, going on a major sökpådrag after a single skaters in their 70s. The man must have gone out on the ice at Söderby bridge in Haninge earlier in the day.

– We have one dog and five hovercraft searching the area, says Tobias Nicander, incident commander during Search and Rescue.

At 19:50 got Södertörns rescue an alarm that a skaters took to the ice in Haninge disappeared. This after he had not long been accessible via their phone.

– This is a person who has started at Söderby bridge in Hemfosa. A man who has gone out on the ice and wife who have been in that she does not make contact with him. You think they know that the person has been moving towards Muskö says Albin Birch bark Berg at the Stockholm police command center.

“Major resources in place”

Since 20 o’clock, intensive search work along the shoreline .

– We have great resources in place, both from the sea rescue services, the police emergency care, but we can not say more than that at present, says a communications officer at Södertörn rescue.

The ice on the spot said to be thick and the man described as an experienced skater.

– We suspect nothing, we are looking. We try to be systematic, says Albin Birch bark Mountains.

Looking with dog and hovercraft

At 23 o’clock, the man had not yet been located.

– There is a man in their 70s. He’s still not back. We are looking into place. We have a dog and five hovercraft search area. The weather is such that it is not flyable, unable to get up in the air with either helicopter or airplane, says Tobias Nicander, incident commander during Search and Rescue.

The man must have gone out on the ice around noon. Later in the afternoon alerted anxious relatives who have not heard of or been able to reach him.

– We are looking in and around the islands west of Muskö from Söderbykarl down. He’s still on the ice but we are working without preconditions, says Tobias Nicander.

Continuing search during the night

Forward 02 o’clock describes the rescue Tobias Nicander situation as unchanged. A large area has finkammats, but sökpådraget expected to last all night with several hovercrafts and search dogs.

– We continue to the same extent and area. There is very limited visibility making it difficult fetched, but we have got to the hovercraft and has fantastic crew and redundancy to drive all night. We really do what we can with the resources we have.

Search and Rescue will be during the morning go by plane or helicopter when the fog begins to ease.

– So far, the search continues in full force . We hope to locate the man in the morning, says Tobias Fälth, communications officer at the Swedish Maritime Administration.

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