Passengers onboard the Viking Sky cruise ship sat in silence wearing life jackets as officials worked to save it from heavy seas, an Australian passenger reveals.
Passengers onboard the stricken cruise ship Viking Sky sat in silence wearing life jackets for nearly 24 hours as emergency officials worked to save it from heavy seas, an Australian passenger has revealed.Lynette Beech says she was given a life jacket and sat tight in the ship's theatre for"the best part of 24 hours"
After arriving at port, the Viking Ocean Cruises company confirmed all the passengers and crew on the cruise ship were safeonboard after the ship suffered engine trouble along Norway's rough, frigid western coast. Melbourne woman Lynette Beech was sitting in the ship's lounge bar when it first became clear there was a problem.
"A senior staff member was there and she said, 'Get on the floor'. So we duly sat on the floor for a few moments and then the emergency beeping started happening and the voice saying, 'This is not a drill, this is an emergency, get to your muster stations'," she told ABC News.
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