Relief in Iceland as no more tourists trapped under ice
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Rescue teams work on Breidamerkurjokull glacier, where an ice cave collapsed while being explored by tourists.
PHOTO: REUTERS
COPENHAGEN - Police in Iceland called off a search for missing persons under a glacier on Aug 26 and said earlier reports that two tourists had been trapped there were wrong.
One person was killed and one injured on Aug 25 when a natural ice cave collapsed
Police were told the group consisted of 25 people, but later concluded only 23 had taken part.
An extensive search for missing persons that began on Aug 25 and continued on Aug 26 was therefore called off.
The nationalities of those involved were not immediately disclosed.
The incident took place on Breidamerkurjokull in southern Iceland, part of Western Europe's largest glacier Vatnajokul. REUTERS
