The Viking Sky, which was carrying about 1,300 passengers, sent a mayday signal after it suffered an engine failure and was drifting toward land
A cruise ship Viking Sky drifts towards land after an engine failure, Hustadvika, Norway March 23, 2019.Rescue helicopters evacuated dozens of people from a luxury cruise ship which suffered engine failure on Saturday in stormy weather off the west coast of Norway, police and rescue workers said.
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. A second vessel, a freighter with a crew of nine, was also being evacuated nearby after suffering engine failure, diverting helicopters and thus delaying the cruise ship airlift, the rescue center added.
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