Navigator charged with negligence after cargo ship crashes into Norway garden

Published on 26/05/2025 - 16:20 GMT+2

Norwegian prosecutors person charged nan navigator of a cargo vessel aft he allegedly fell dormant connected work and the alloy ran aground successful 1 of nan country's fjords past week, narrowly missing crashing into a home.

The ship, nan Cyprus-flagged NCL Salten, ran aground soon earlier 6 americium Thursday, stopping short of crashing into nan location of Johan Helberg connected nan Trondheim Fjord's coast.

The unnamed crewman was charged pinch negligent navigation.

No lipid spills were reported and nary of nan 16 group aboard were injured.

Johan Helberg told Norwegian broadcaster NRK that he'd slept done nan full point and only woke up erstwhile a neighbour started ringing his doorbell.

"Five metres further southbound and it would person entered nan bedroom," he told NRK. "I didn't perceive anything."

Images show nan ship’s reddish and greenish front conscionable metres from Helberg’s house.

The on-duty navigator was nan ship's 2nd officer, charismatic Kjetil Bruland Sørensen said successful a statement.

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

Efforts to refloat nan vessel astatine precocious tide complete nan play were unsuccessful.

NCL, nan shipping company, said it was cooperating pinch investigators.