A cruise ship off the coast of Norway with 1300 passengers on board has issued a mayday. The ship is listing in high seas and has reported engine problems. Helicopters are being used to rescue the passengers. From The New York Times:
“The evacuation of the ship, the Viking Sky, began around 2 p.m. local time and stretched through the darkness into the early morning. At 4 a.m. local time, only 280 of the 1,373 people on board had been removed, according to officials with the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre Southern Norway, which was conducting the operation.”
CRUISE SHIP CHAOS: Furniture slides from side-to-side on a Norwegian cruise ship experiencing engine failure amid severe winds and choppy water. Rescue helicopters had to airlift more than 1,300 people from the distressed ship. https://t.co/vU7r8gwktS pic.twitter.com/UNdpuJ49aS
— ABC News (@ABC) March 24, 2019
A cruise ship with engine problems sent a mayday call off Norway's western coast, then began evacuating its 1,300 passengers and crew amid stormy seas and high winds in a high-risk helicopter rescue operation. https://t.co/gWgMPNU3VC pic.twitter.com/Gh3upknveD
— ABC News (@ABC) March 23, 2019
Helicopters and multiple boats are rescuing more than 1,000 people from a cruise ship adrift in bad weather off Norway.
Joint Rescue Coordination Centre of Southern Norway’s Borghild Eldoen says she expects the rescues to last “through the whole night.” https://t.co/d8wqm1C9Uu pic.twitter.com/YjyTzr7yKa
— CNN (@CNN) March 23, 2019
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