A screengrab from a video clip reveals a Russian icebreaking vessel with 33 individuals aboard, that made a Mayday phone call throughout a tornado off the shore near Aalesund, Norway, October 22, 2019. Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (Hovedredningssentralen)/ NTB Scanpix through REUTERS

OSLO/MOSCOW, Oct 22 (Reuters)– A Russian icebreaking vessel with 33 individuals aboard made a Mayday phone call throughout a tornado off the shore of western Norway on Tuesday however Russian authorities stated the call for help had actually been provided by crash.

The Norwegian Joint Rescue Coordination Centre, which at first reported the phone call from the ship situated regarding 22 kilometres off the community of Aalesund, stated its procedure had actually been cancelled after the vessel gained back engine power.

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Russia’s sea as well as river transportation company stated the ship had actually provided the Mayday phone call by crash as well as it was not in distress, TASS information company reported.

“There are no problems, the icebreaker is fine, the crew is safe. The distress signal was sent accidentally during an outage on some equipment during the storm,” the Russian Federal Agency for Maritime as well as River Transportation was priced quote as claiming.

The vessel had actually initially reported that it shed power on all 4 engines as well as was adrift in the tornado, the Norwegian rescue solution stated.

Two tugboats as well as a Norwegian coastguard vessel were at first on their means to the scene, however were cancelled, a rescue solution spokesperson stated. (Reporting by Terje Solsvik in Oslo as well as Andrey Kuzmin in Moscow, Editing by Angus MacSwan)

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