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.”
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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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