Cruise ship Viking Vela has steering problem

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Arrived safely in Ålesund

Here is the ship on its way to Stornespiren in Ålesund. The ship docked just before 9:30 pm this evening. Photo: Karl-Petter Løvoll

According to the Main Rescue Center, no rescue operation was initiated or there was any acute danger to those on board.
– The ship has propulsion problems. We choose to go to port, said rescue leader at the Main Rescue Centre South, Edvard Middelthon, to VG .
The ship can accommodate 998 passengers and was launched last year. It has a crew of 465 people.

According to the Meteorological Institute, there was a strong storm earlier in the day at Stad, around where the ship was located.
The ship set course for Ålesund on Monday afternoon, accompanied by the coast guard vessel KV Hopen.
Shortly before 9 p.m., several people in the area could see the ship approaching Ålesund. They were accompanied by tugboats.

Source: Cruiseskip har problemer utenfor Ålesund - smp.no