Diamond Member Pelican Press 0 Posted May 27, 2025 Diamond Member Share Posted May 27, 2025 This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up On-duty navigator was allegedly asleep when cargo ship ran aground in Norway and nearly hit a house OSLO, Norway (AP) — Norwegian prosecutors have charged a cargo ship’s on-duty navigator after he allegedly fell asleep on duty and This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up , narrowly missing crashing into a home. The ship, the NCL Salten, ran aground shortly before 6 a.m. Thursday. No oil spills were reported, and none of the 16 people aboard was injured. Johan Helberg told This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up broadcaster NRK that he’d slept through the whole thing and only woke up when a neighbor started ringing his doorbell. Images show the ship’s red and green bow just meters (yards) from Helberg’s house along the Trondheim Fjord’s coast. The on-duty navigator was the ship’s second officer, prosecutor Kjetil Bruland Sørensen said in a statement. He was charged with negligent navigation; his name was not made public. Crews on Monday continued to take containers off the ship so it could be more easily removed from the area. NCL, the shipping company, said it was cooperating with investigators. This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up #Onduty #navigator #allegedly #asleep #cargo #ship #ran #aground #Norway #hit #house This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up 0 Quote Link to comment https://hopzone.eu/forums/topic/260368-on-duty-navigator-was-allegedly-asleep-when-cargo-ship-ran-aground-in-norway-and-nearly-hit-a-house/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
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