Norway Cruise Liner

The couple along with six others were not permitted on the cruise, which eventually sailed off without them.

A cruise liner that ran into trouble in stormy seas off Norway reached port under its own steam Sunday after hundreds of passengers were winched to safety by helicopter in a spectacular rescue operation.

Rescue services had airlifted 479 people to safety from a luxury cruise liner with engine trouble off the coast of Norway by Sunday morning and began towing to a nearby port.Some 20 injured passengers had been taken to hospital.

The couple along with six others were not permitted on the cruise, which eventually sailed off without them.

A cruise liner that ran into trouble in stormy seas off Norway reached port under its own steam Sunday after hundreds of passengers were winched to safety by helicopter in a spectacular rescue operation.

Rescue services had airlifted 479 people to safety from a luxury cruise liner with engine trouble off the coast of Norway by Sunday morning and began towing to a nearby port.Some 20 injured passengers had been taken to hospital.