Two people on a ferry between Karlskrona and Poland ended up in the water on Thursday.
A child must have fallen into the water and the child’s mother jumped in, says Anders Lännholm, rescue leader of the maritime and air rescue centre, for TV4 Nyheterna.
At 5:30 p.m., the Norwegian Maritime Administration announced that the persons had been found in the water.
Two people on the ferry Stena Spirit ended up in the water in the Baltic Sea on Thursday. According to the alarm, a seven-year-old child and the child’s mother ended up in the water, says Anders Lännholm, rescue leader at the sea and air rescue center for TV4 Nyheterna.
The accident happened at a quarter past four on Thursday afternoon.
– The mother jumped behind, he says.
– We have alerted all the resources we can think of.
The maritime and air traffic control center sent a large number of resources to the scene out on the Baltic Sea.
After a major rescue effort with the help of ships and helicopters from NATO and the US, the mother and child were found at 5:30 p.m., according to the Norwegian Maritime Administration.
– One person has been winched in a helicopter and is on his way to hospital. A helicopter is on its way to winch up the other person, says Stefan Lang, press spokesperson.
The extent of the damage is unclear.