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397 people winched from stricken cruise liner

Passengers on board the Viking Sky, wait to be evacuated, off the coast of Norway on Saturday. [AP]

Rescue services had airlifted 397 people to safety from a luxury cruise liner with engine trouble off the coast of Norway by yesterday morning and were preparing to tow the vessel to a nearby port.

The Viking Sky, with 1,373 passengers and crew on board, sent out a mayday signal on Saturday as it drifted towards land in the Norwegian Sea.

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