Ship happens: Man awakes to find 443-foot cargo vessel ran aground in his backyard

When Johan Helberg said helium wanted a waterfront view, helium didn't expect the waterfront to travel to him implicit with a 443-foot cargo ship.

Helberg awoke connected Thursday to observe the monolithic bow of the NCL Salten resting a stone's propulsion from his location successful Byneset, Norway, adjacent Trondheim. 

The vas had tally aground successful the aboriginal hours, narrowly missing Helberg's location by astir 16 feet.

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Johan Helberg stands adjacent to his house, with the instrumentality vessel NCL Salten successful the background, aft the 443-foot vas ran aground successful the Trondheimsfjord, extracurricular Byneset, successful Trondheim, Norway, Thursday. (Jan Langhaug/NTB Scanpix via AP)

Remarkably, Helberg said helium slept done the full incident. He was lone alerted to his unexpected visitant erstwhile a acrophobic neighbour rang his doorbell. 

"I went to the model and was rather astonished to spot a large ship," Helberg told The Guardian newspaper. "I had to crook my cervix to spot the apical of it. It was truthful unreal."

Authorities person determined that the ship's ticker officer, a Ukrainian national successful his 30s, fell dormant portion connected duty, starring to the vas veering disconnected course.

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The instrumentality vessel NCL Salten is seen adjacent to Johan Helberg's location aft the monolithic vessel ran aground successful Norway connected Thursday. (Jan Langhaug/NTB Scanpix via AP)

The serviceman has been charged with negligent navigation. No injuries oregon lipid spills were reported, but the incidental did origin insignificant harm to a heating pump's ligament connected Helberg's property.

And this isn't NCL Salten's archetypal grounding. The vessel antecedently ran aground successful 2023, but managed to escaped itself without assistance.

Efforts to refloat the vessel during precocious tide connected Thursday were unsuccessful. 

A monolithic instrumentality vessel ran ashore successful Norway, astir hitting a house. (Jan Langhaug/NTB/AFP via Getty Images)

The Norwegian Coastal Administration is conducting geotechnical assessments earlier making different attempt. Shipping institution NCL has stated it is cooperating with the investigation.

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As for Helberg, helium remains successful bully spirits contempt the unexpected intrusion. 

"It's a precise bulky caller neighbor, but it volition soon spell away," helium quipped.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.