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"A Norwegian man has spoken of the “unreal” moment he woke up to discover that
a 135-metre container ship had crashed into his front garden.
The cargo vessel, the
NCL Salten, had run aground just before 5am on Thursday
after entering the Trondheim fjord on its way to the western town of Orkanger.
An astonished neighbour watched as the ship, which was travelling at about 16
knots (approximately 30km/h), headed straight for the shore into Johan
Helberg’s garden, narrowly missing his house.
Helberg, who lives in Byneset, near Trondheim, awoke to his neighbour ringing
his doorbell. He looked out of his window to see the ship’s bow.
“I went to the window and was quite astonished to see a big ship,” Helberg told
the
Guardian. “I had to bend my neck to see the top of it. It was so unreal.”
There were 16 crew members, among them Norwegians, Lithuanians, Ukrainians and
Russians, on board the Cyprus-registered ship. There were no reports of
injuries or oil spills. Police are investigating the incident and have
identified one suspect on board the boat.
“Normally ships turn left or right into the fjord. But this went straight
ahead,” Helberg, who has lived in the house for 25 years, added. “It was very
close to the house.”"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
