(MENAFN) The Viking Sky cruise ship has docked into the Norwegian port of Molde over a day after issuing a mayday call that led to helicopter rescues of half of its passengers.
The Viking Sky had 1373 passengers and crew when it suffered engine trouble during a storm off the western coast of Norway on Saturday afternoon.
Afraid of crashing with the rocks, the crew anchored amid heavy seas and high winds and an operation started to evacuate everyone on board.
Amid wind of up to 70km/h and waves higher than eight meters, five helicopters flying in the pitch dark evacuated passengers from the heaving ship throughout the night into Sunday morning.
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