Sleepy Sailor Grounds Cargo Ship Near Norway Man’s Home Who Slept Through It | Video

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Last Updated:May 27, 2025, 18:52 IST

A Ukrainian sailor fell dormant connected ticker causing the vessel to tally aground adjacent a Norwegian home, wherever the proprietor besides slept done the incident.

Salvagers connected Tuesday pulled a cargo ship, which made satellite headlines for moving aground a stone’s propulsion from a location successful Norway, backmost into the water, the caput of the institution managing the cognition said.

A Ukrainian sailor successful his 30s was connected ticker astatine the clip and said helium had fallen asleep, according to Norwegian police, who person charged him with “negligent navigation".

The NCL Salten sailed up onto enactment conscionable metres from a woody location astir dawn connected Thursday.

“It’s bully to person said hello, but present it’s clip to accidental goodbye" the occupant of the house, Johan Helberg, told broadcaster NRK connected Tuesday.

The containers connected the ship, but for those removed to lighten the bow, are inactive connected committee and volition beryllium unloaded this evening, Ole T. Bjornevik, the managing manager of BOA Offshore told AFP, adding that the cognition lone lasted 30 minutes.

“She has conscionable been refloated," and an inspection is underway, helium added.

The 135-metre (443-foot) NCL Salten sailed up onto enactment conscionable metres from Johan Helberg’s woody compartment astir dawn connected Thursday.

Helberg discovered the unexpected visitant lone erstwhile a panicked neighbour who had rung his doorbell repeatedly to nary avail gave up and called him connected the phone.

“The doorbell rang astatine a clip of time erstwhile I don’t similar to open," Helberg told tv transmission TV2.

His neighbour, Jostein Jorgensen, said helium was roused astatine astir 5:00 americium by the dependable of a vessel heading astatine afloat velocity toward onshore and instantly ran to Helberg’s house.

The Ukrainian seaman has said nary of the cargo ship’s collision alarms had worked, authoritative Kjetil Bruland Sorensen told quality bureau NTB.

The probe volition besides look into whether the rules connected moving hours and remainder periods were adhered to connected ship, according to police.

Helberg, besides slept done the incidental and lone discovered the unexpected visitant erstwhile a panicked neighbour called him connected the phone.

None of the 16 unit members were injured.

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