Orkney lifeboats sent out to distress signal By Chris Jaffray August 2 2016, 9:21 am August 2 2016, 9:21 am Share Orkney lifeboats sent out to distress signal Share via Facebook Twitter Whatsapp Messenger Linkedin Email Post link https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/991275/orkney-lifeboats-sent-distress-signal/ Copy Link Shetland Coastguard is currently responding to a signal of distress made earlier this morning. A spoken word mayday was made at 7.20am and has now been traced to the Scapa Flow area of Orkney. A spokesman for the coastguard said: “We have sent two lifeboats to the area and will soon be sending a helicopter.” Update: The coastguard stood down at 11.30pm and did not find anything.
