Sunday afternoon update. Engine repairs allowed the ship and remaining passengers to get to port.
Mayday was the call as bad weather damaged the engine of the cruise ship Viking Star. Helicopter evacuations have been trying to get 1,300 passengers off the boat as it rocks wildly from side to side. There’s significant danger of the ship crashing into the rocks off Norway.
According to Euronews.com, “Rescue helicopters have rescued more than 150 people from a cruise ship that suffered an engine failure in windy weather off the coast of Norway on Saturday, said police and rescue services.”