Monday, March 25, 2019

Cruise ship now safe in port

The cruise ship that lost it's engine in a storm escaped disaster and has made port.

AL J story with photos.

900 taken off by helicopter, the rest were safe when they made port. Why the evacuation?

"It was very nearly a disaster. The ship drifted to within 100 metres of running aground before they were able to restart one of the engines," police chief Hans Vik, who heads the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre for southern Norway, told the TV2 broadcaster. "If they had run aground we would have faced a major disaster." 

and yes, it made news here. Many of the crew members were Filipinos.


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