A CRUISE ship caught in heavy winds off the coast of Norway has issued a mayday call sparking the evacuation of all 1,300 passengers.
The maritime rescue service said the Viking Sky, with about 1,300 passengers and crew on board, had sent out a mayday signal as it had been drifting towards land. 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.Rescue service spokesman Einar Knudsen said: "If we need to evacuate everyone, it will take a long time."
I hope everyone is below deck. They'll get blown away otherwise. Because... 🎵Everyone Knows It's Windy🎵
I don't mean to cut down the cruise ship industry, fantastic stuff beautiful, everyone should have the freedom opportunity to go on a cruise ship but hasn't this happened so many times now aren't they getting a little bit too big and way too many of them especially thinking green
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