Cruise ship adrift and being evacuated Now safe but questions arise as to why it was at sea

[ralphc1]

(CNN)About 1,300 passengers and crew are being evacuated Saturday from a cruise ship off Norway, Norwegian emergency services said.

The Viking Sky cruise ship sent a mayday distress signal due to "engine problems in bad weather," Borghild Eldoen, a spokeswoman for southern Norway's rescue center, told CNN.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/23/europe/norway-cruise-ship-evacuation/index.html

Passengers on this ship might be shitting themselves for reasons other than a norovirus.

 

[SamSchmidt]

I got no snarky comment for this. Hopefully they are ok

 

[DeJulez]

Hopefully Tom's ok

 

[Amerikuracana]

Adrift is better than the alternative.. Although 2 day long true love could have sprouted, and that would have been the defining moment of that person's life, float or flounder.

 

[Orgasmo]

News of Titanic proportions

Too soon?

 

[Amerikuracana]

Hopefully Tom's ok

Was it a sea org vessel? He's booked for a billion years on one of those, so I think he has to be ok.

 

[loyalyolayal]

Is it one of Bill Burr's cruise ships?

 

[MoparOrNoCar]

Hopefully Tom's ok

Tom from Myspace?

 

[Carl Sonnen]

Anybody who goes on a cruise ship deserves what they get, imo. What a complete waste. Enjoy your Norovirus or occasionally being stranded at sea.

 

[ralphc1]

According to the latest information, only 87 had been evacuated as of 6:50 PM local time. I assume it is getting dark. I don't know if I'd want to be lifted off a pitching ship in the dark by helicopter.

https://www.dw.com/en/norway-evacuates-1300-passengers-from-stricken-cruise-ship/a-48039753

 

[Deleted member 561549]

Is it one of Bill Burr's cruise ships?

Lol

 

[TidWell]

https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/23/europe/norway-cruise-ship-evacuation/index.html

Passengers on this ship might be shitting themselves for reasons other than a norovirus.

yikes thats some rough seas man that cruise liner looks like it can tip over, Id probably be dizzy and puking the way that thing is probably rocking back and forth

 

[Frode Falch]

According to the latest information, only 87 had been evacuated as of 6:50 PM local time. I assume it is getting dark. I don't know if I'd want to be lifted off a pitching ship in the dark by helicopter.

https://www.dw.com/en/norway-evacuates-1300-passengers-from-stricken-cruise-ship/a-48039753

139 now.

 

[Rory's Jab]

Is it one of Bill Burr's cruise ships?

What's with cruise ships? Y'know?
[audience giggles]

Probably the most white thing ever.
[paces around on stage, a few checkered snickers from the audience]

White people and cruise ships.
[audience cackles maniacally]

 

[AGGAMEMNON66]

 

[ralphc1]

They're saying the ship entered service in 2017 after being launched in March of 2016. How do they have engine failure on a ship that has only been in use for 2 years? Why are they out in that type of weather? Don't they have accurate forecasts?

 

[Chris Gaines]

Captain Schetino?

 

[Rory's Jab]

Why are they out in that type of weather? Don't they have accurate forecasts?

It's almost as if weather forecasts can be wrong

 

[therealdope]

This is great -- we're taking cruise to Norway in August. Not even joking.

 

[blackdudebro]

Damn