In the icy sea
Pilots rescued after emergency landing off Greenland
Two pilots of a German small plane have been rescued in the icy sea off Greenland. The plane had been forced to make an emergency landing in the sea on its way from Canada to Narsarsuaq (Greenland). The Danish armed forces were able to locate the crew quickly.
Kronen Zeitung als bevorzugte Google-Quelle hinzufügen The plane had lost altitude and landed on the water. The two German pilots were able to get to a life raft and make an emergency call. The Arctic Command, which is responsible for the region, then set off in a ship to find the two men and picked them up in a rubber dinghy.
Here you can see pictures of the plane.
As the Kieler Nachrichten reported, the two Germans had taken off in the plane two weeks ago from Hungriger Wolf airfield near Itzehoe to fly to an air show in the US state of Wisconsin. On Monday, after flying 1,300 kilometers between Canada and Narsarsuaq, the plane finally got into an air emergency.
The plane sank into the sea
The plane could no longer be rescued and sank into the Arctic Ocean. The pilots were not injured in the incident, but were taken to hospital in Qaqortoq as a precaution.
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