Norway airlifting 1,300 off cruise ship in rough seas

Emergency services on Saturday launched an air rescue for 1,300 passengers and crew stranded aboard a cruise ship after it got into difficulty in rough seas along a notorious stretch of Norwegian coast. The Viking Sky lost power and started drifting mid-afternoon, two kilometres (1.2 miles) off More og Romsdal, prompting the captain to send out a distress call. "I have never seen anything so frightening," said one of the passengers who was rescued, Janet Jacob.