OSLO - Salvage teams reported progress on Friday as they pumped water from a tilting Norwegian cruise liner in danger of capsizing, a day after a fire on board killed two crew members and forced the evacuation of 260 other people.
The MS Nordlys, which tilted critically at an angle of 21.7 degrees in the morning, had slowly righted itself and was listing at 16 degrees in the evening as additional pumps spewed water from the slanting ship's bowels, officials said.
Police Chief Jon Steven Hasseldal was optimistic but cautious. "This has been a positive development, but it is not over," Hasseldal told reporters in the town of Aalesund, 230 miles (375 kilometres) northwest of the capital of Oslo.
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Salvage teams report progress in salvaging Norwegian cruise ship evacuated after fire
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