Rescue helicopters were evacuating people from a cruise ship which suffered engi...
OSLO - Rescue helicopters were evacuating people from a cruise ship which suffered engine failure on Saturday in windy conditions off the west coast of Norway with about 1,300 passengers and crew onboard, Norwegian police and rescue workers said.
The maritime rescue service said the Viking Sky had been drifting toward land and had sent out a mayday signal. Passengers were hoisted up one by one from the deck of the vessel and airlifted to a village located just north of the town of Molde on Norway’s west coast.The ship, built in 2017, belongs to Viking Ocean Cruises, part of the Viking Cruises group founded by Norwegian billionaire Torstein Hagen. According to the company website, its passenger capacity is 930.
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