Skift Take
It's not unusual for cruise ships to run into bad weather, but such a large evacuation is rare. Passengers are praising crew, as they often do following an emergency, but Viking needs to provide answers about why the ship ended up in the path of the storm and what happened to the engines.
An hours-long rescue of passengers on the distressed Viking Sky is over after 479 people were plucked by helicopter from the heaving vessel.
In a statement Sunday morning, Viking Ocean Cruises said the 47,800-ton ship was heading to the port city of Molde accompanied by a tugboat and two supply ships.
The ship was "under its own power" after earlier suffering a loss of engine power during a violent storm. Another 436 passengers and 458 crew remained on board.
Passenger Alexus Sheppard, who posted harrowin
