Ua hōʻea maikaʻi ʻia kahi moku moku Viking Sun maikaʻi i waiho ʻia e lana ana ma muli o ka pau ʻole o ka ʻenekini a kokoke i hāʻule i loko o nā pōhaku i loko o nā wai ʻino ua hōʻea palekana i ke awa o Molde ma ke kahakai komohana ma Norewai, me ka 900 o ka poʻe ma luna o ka moku.
Ua huki ʻia ka Viking Sky i kahi palekana e nā huki huki ʻelua, me kekahi e holo ana ma mua o ka moku a ʻo kekahi ma hope.
ʻO ka moku holo moku nani, i holo aku me kahi kokoke i 1,400 mau ohua a me nā poʻe holo moku, ua hoʻouna i kahi hōʻailona SOS i ka Pōʻaono. Ke hee nei ia i loko o ka wai ʻino ma kahi kokoke i kahakai pōhaku ma hope o ka pau ʻana o kāna mau ʻenekini i ka hana.
I kekahi manawa, ua hoʻokokoke ʻo ia i ka ʻāina ma kahi mamao o 100 mika wale nō, me nā poʻe kaʻa e paʻi ana i nā kiʻi kupaianaha. Akā ua hiki i ka poʻe holo moku ke hoʻomaka i kekahi o nā ʻenekini a pale aku i ka ulia.
"Inā ua holo lākou i ka ʻāina, ua kū mākou i kahi pōʻino nui," i haʻi aku ai ʻo Hans Vik, nā poʻo o ka Joint Rescue Coordination Center no ka hema o Norewai, i ka TV2.
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia nā mea hoʻopakele he 479 i kahi helikopter ma mua o ka maikaʻi ʻana o ka lewa a hiki ke huki ʻia ʻo Viking Sky.
He iwakālua mau kānaka i koi aku i ka haukapila ma muli o ke kauoha, wahi a nā moku. ʻO ka poʻe holo kaʻa he poʻe ʻelemakule mai ka US a me Pelekane.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Ua hōʻea maikaʻi ʻia kahi moku moku Viking Sun maikaʻi i waiho ʻia e lana ana ma muli o ka pau ʻole o ka ʻenekini a kokoke i hāʻule i loko o nā pōhaku i loko o nā wai ʻino ua hōʻea palekana i ke awa o Molde ma ke kahakai komohana ma Norewai, me ka 900 o ka poʻe ma luna o ka moku.
- Ua huki ʻia ka Viking Sky i kahi palekana e nā huki huki ʻelua, me kekahi e holo ana ma mua o ka moku a ʻo kekahi ma hope.
- But the crew was eventually able to start one of the engines and avoid the crash.
