Norwegian officials have opened an investigation into why a cruise ship carrying more than 1 370 people set sail despite storm warnings, forcing a major evacuation after a mayday call had been issued.
Norwegian officials have opened an investigation into why a cruise ship carrying more than 1 370 people set sail along the country's often wild western coast despite storm warnings, forcing a major evacuation by helicopter.
The Viking Sky had left the northern city of Tromsoe and was headed for Stavanger in southern Norway when it ran into trouble. Dag S. Liseth of Norway's Accident Investigations Board said"the high risk which the ship, its passengers and crew were exposed to made us decide to investigate the incident".
Liseth said investigators were headed to Molde on Monday and declined to speculate as to why the Viking Sky captain had decided to sail to Stavanger in the first place despite the weather warning. He couldn't immediately say how long the ship would remain in Molde.
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