News
| Iceland Monitor
| Fri 22 Jul 2016
| 11.30 GMT
| Modified
25 Jul 2016
13.55
"Parachutist" in ocean turns out to be birthday balloon
An emergency call was made last night that a parachutist had fallen into the ocean at Grótta in Reykjavik. Police, ambulances, fire department and a coastguard helicopter were called out.
After an extensive search, it turned out that the "parachutist" was a gas balloon from a birthday party in the neighbourhood which had been blown out to sea.