Iceland police call off search for tourists believed to have been trapped after ice cave collapse
Police in Iceland have called off a search for missing persons under a glacier and say earlier reports that two tourists had been trapped there were wrong.
One person was killed and one injured on Sunday when a natural ice cave collapsed as a group of tourists explored it but fears that two others were trapped were based on a misunderstanding, authorities said.
Police were told the group consisted of 25 people but later concluded only 23 had taken part.
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One man was pronounced dead at the scene while a woman was taken to hospital in Reykjavík.
Both were from the United States.
Dozens of rescue workers were deployed, including specialised cave rescuers and two helicopters, broadcaster RÚV reported.
Breidamerkurjokull, located in southeast Iceland, is a glacial tongue that extends from the Vatnajökull ice cap into the glacier lagoon Jökulsárlón.
The lake, with its floating icebergs, is one of Iceland’s major tourist attractions and has been used as a filming location for James Bond films A View to a Kill and Die Another Day and also Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.
with DPA
