Cruise Ship Restarts Engines, Limps Toward Norwegian Port
Published on: Saturday 23 March 2019
A cruise ship that broke down in rough seas off the western Norwegian coast with more than 1,300 passengers and crew on board has restarted three of its four engines and will be towed to port, emergency services said Sunday.“Three of the four engines are now working, which means the boat can now make way on its own,” emergency services spokesman Per Fjeld said.The Viking Sky lost power and started drifting midafternoon Saturday about two kilometers (1.2 miles) off More og Romsdal in dangerous waters and high seas, prompting the captain to send out a distress call and trigger a massive
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