Translated by Google, hope it?s understandable.... From a danish newspaper...
Saturday afternoon at around 14:00:
The ferry M / S Amorella with some 2,000 passengers on board has run aground off the ?land Islands in the Baltic Sea , according to the Swedish news agency TT. x
The ferry takes according to the Swedish maritime rescue center a little water in, but still have the engine running.
- We are now investigating how the vessel can get free , says Information Johanna Boijer - Svahnstr?m from the shipping company Viking Line to TT.
All staff in the lower deck is evacuated and a boat is on its way to carry all passengers back to Finland , writes Aftonbladet.se .
- We get no information, it is fucking bad, says Irina Widberg of 36, which is by ferry , to Aftonbladet .
According to the Swedish media staff shouted through loudspeakers that the boat had suffered a blackout and that that was why they had gone aground.
- It was black on the boat because the lights went out . I thought that this is not normal, and the staff looks a little busy out . Some families looking a little tension , but otherwise the atmosphere is good , says Irina Widberg .
Rescue Services has not yet decided whether the ship be evacuated . A helicopter , an airplane and a bugseringsb?d is preliminary sent to the area .
The ferry is located near the port of L?ngn?s , and the weather is calm in the area.
In addition to 1945 passengers , there is a crew of 150 men on board.
Saturday afternoon at around 14:00:
The ferry M / S Amorella with some 2,000 passengers on board has run aground off the ?land Islands in the Baltic Sea , according to the Swedish news agency TT. x
The ferry takes according to the Swedish maritime rescue center a little water in, but still have the engine running.
- We are now investigating how the vessel can get free , says Information Johanna Boijer - Svahnstr?m from the shipping company Viking Line to TT.
All staff in the lower deck is evacuated and a boat is on its way to carry all passengers back to Finland , writes Aftonbladet.se .
- We get no information, it is fucking bad, says Irina Widberg of 36, which is by ferry , to Aftonbladet .
According to the Swedish media staff shouted through loudspeakers that the boat had suffered a blackout and that that was why they had gone aground.
- It was black on the boat because the lights went out . I thought that this is not normal, and the staff looks a little busy out . Some families looking a little tension , but otherwise the atmosphere is good , says Irina Widberg .
Rescue Services has not yet decided whether the ship be evacuated . A helicopter , an airplane and a bugseringsb?d is preliminary sent to the area .
The ferry is located near the port of L?ngn?s , and the weather is calm in the area.
In addition to 1945 passengers , there is a crew of 150 men on board.
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