“Investigation of the cruise liner begins”
“the Police have launched an investigation after motorhaveriet that led to a cruise ship happened to be in distress on the coast of Norway in the weekend.”
“it is Hoped that the study will show how it came to pass that the ship Viking Sky suffered engine failure in last Saturday.”
“– There are no suspicions of crime in this case. But the criminal code provides that investigation is done to determine the cause of such an event, even if there is no suspicion, ” says Yngve Skovly at the police in Møre and Romsdal.”
“We want to interrogate the central persons, and we also want people on board the boat should get to know why there was an engine fault,” he says.”
“Also the reason why a cargo ship had engine problems and bias associated with the rescue operation will be investigated.”
“1 373 people were on board when the Viking Sky ended up in distress at 14 o’clock on Saturday. Around 470 passengers were lifted on board of helicopters in a large bailout.”
“the Ship had major engine problems after the bad weather in the area. The vessel was then 1.5 kilometres away from the dangerously shallow water, and at a time it was only 100 metres from grundstöta.”
“27 people have been treated in hospitals in the towns of Molde and Kristiansund after the event. The state of a person is described as serious.”