Tag: accidents

Pedestrian killed on busy road

A pedestrian walking along the heavily trafficked road leading out of Oslo to the south, Mosseveien, was killed after being hit by a truck. Police...

Hurtigruten ship may sail again soon

The Hurtigruten ship MS Nordlys, struck by a dramatic fire in its engine room earlier this month, may be able to sail again as...

Rain washes away Norway’s grain

Norwegian grain growers are in despair after months of relentless rain have drowned their crops and washed away their profits. Weather forecasters predict at...

Same motor, but still sailing

UPDATED: Four other ships in the Hurtigruten line have the same motor as the one that caught fire on board the MS Nordlys last...

More flooding after more rain

The deluge of 2011 continued through the night and into Monday, with rain pouring down on widespread areas of southern and eastern Norway. In...

New accident hits Hurtigruten

As salvage crews began the work of unloading the stricken Hurtigruten ship hit by fire last week, another vessel in the Norwegian coastal shipping...

Fire ‘happened so fast,’ drills helped

The fire that broke out on board the Hurtigruten ship MS Nordlys on Thursday was so explosive in nature that the vessel's crew had...

High drama around Hurtigruten ship

Emergency crews were still working feverishly on Friday to prevent the damaged Hurtigruten ship MS Nordlys from capsizing at the dock. The situation remained...

Line hit by 29 accidents in five years

Norway's coastal shipping line, Hurtigruten, is popular with residents and visitors alike despite being unusually accident prone. Newspaper Dagens Næringsliv (DN) tallied up 29...

Hurtigruten fire leaves two dead

Two crew members were found dead on board a Hurtigruten vessel hit by fire in its engine room Thursday morning. Passengers and other crew...
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