Russian icebreaker off Norway made distress call by accident - TASS

A Russian icebreaking vessel off the coast of Norway issued a distress call by accident on Tuesday and the ship is not in distress, TASS news agency cited Russia's sea and river transport agency as saying.

The vessel with 33 people on board made a Mayday call during a storm off the coast of western Norway, the Norwegian Joint Rescue Coordination Centre said earlier on Tuesday.