The maritime rescue service said the Viking Sky, with about 1,300 passengers and crew on board, had sent out a mayday signal as it had been drifting towards land. Passengers were hoisted one-by-one from the deck of the vessel and airlifted to a village just north of the town of Molde on Norway's
1 / 7A cruise ship Viking Sky drifts towards land after an engine failure in HustadvikaA cruise ship Viking Sky drifts towards land after an engine failure, Hustadvika, Norway March 23, 2019. Odd Roar Lange/NTB Scanpix/via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NORWAY OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN NORWAY.By Terje Solsvik and Gwladys Fouche
The maritime rescue service said the Viking Sky, with about 1,300 passengers and crew on board, had sent out a mayday signal as it had been drifting towards land.Passengers were hoisted one-by-one from the deck of the vessel and airlifted to a village just north of the town of Molde on Norway's west coast. About 100 people had been evacuated by 1530 GMT, police said.
Two purpose-built vessels operated by the Norwegian Society for Sea Rescue had been forced to turn back due to the severe weather, the service said. The Viking Sky, built in 2017, belongs to Viking Ocean Cruises, part of the Viking Cruises group founded by Norwegian billionaire Torstein Hagen. According to the company's website, its passenger capacity is 930.
Malaysia Latest News, Malaysia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Cruise ship stalled off Norway, passengers evacuatedRescue helicopters were evacuating people from a cruise ship which suffered engi...
Read more »
Cruise ship off Norway issues mayday; passengers to evacuateHELSINKI (AP) — Police say a cruise ship with engine problems has sent a mayday call off Norway's western coast and is making plans to evacuate its 1,300 passengers. Norwegian newspaper VG...
Read more »
Norway raises rates as expected, sees further hike this yearNorway's central bank raised its main interest rate on Thursday as expected.
Read more »
People Are Being Airlifted By Helicopter Off A Cruise Ship Lost Engine Power Off NorwayThe ship reportedly started drifting toward land after it lost power to its engines off the Norwegian coast.
Read more »
Europe's first underwater restaurant opens in NorwaySituated on the southern tip of Norway, the restaurant looks like a large concrete tube partly submerged in the North Sea. It is called Under, which also means “wonder” in Norwegian.
Read more »
The world's largest underwater restaurant just opened in Norway, and it has a 36-foot window that looks right out into the seabed so guests can watch marine life swim by as they eatAn underwater restaurant aptly named 'Under' just opened in Norway. It has a panoramic window through which guests can watch marine life swim by.
Read more »
UK reaches post-Brexit trade agreement with Iceland and NorwayBritain on Monday reached an a deal with Iceland and Norway to allow trade to co...
Read more »
This Underwater Restaurant in Norway Hopes to be a Subaquatic NomaYou enter by gangplank, and the concrete walls are three feet-thick. But for Norway’s Ubostad brothers, the challenge of constructing an underwater restaurant was part of the allure: “People around here think of what’s possible rather than what’s impossible.”
Read more »
Going 'Under': Europe's first underwater restaurant opens in NorwayEurope's first underwater restaurant opens in Norway on Wednesday with more...
Read more »
Electric taxis in Oslo to be charged using wireless technologyNorway is embracing electric vehicles on a large scale.
Read more »