On-duty navigator was allegedly asleep when cargo ship ran aground in Norway and nearly hit a house

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Norwegian prosecutors person charged a cargo ship’s on-duty navigator aft helium allegedly fell dormant connected work and the vas ran aground, narrowly missing crashing into a home

OSLO, Norway -- Norwegian prosecutors person charged a cargo ship's on-duty navigator aft helium allegedly fell dormant connected work and the vas ran aground, narrowly missing crashing into a home.

The ship, the NCL Salten, ran aground soon earlier 6 a.m. Thursday. No lipid spills were reported, and nary of the 16 radical aboard was injured.

Johan Helberg told Norwegian broadcaster NRK that he’d slept done the full happening and lone woke up erstwhile a neighbour started ringing his doorbell. Images amusement the ship’s reddish and greenish bow conscionable meters (yards) from Helberg’s location on the Trondheim Fjord’s coast.

The on-duty navigator was the ship's 2nd officer, authoritative Kjetil Bruland Sørensen said successful a statement. He was charged with negligent navigation; his sanction was not made public.

Crews connected Monday continued to instrumentality containers disconnected the vessel truthful it could beryllium much easy removed from the area.

NCL, the shipping company, said it was cooperating with investigators.