BBC says Sunday they’ve recovered power from three of four engines and
are steaming to have made port in Molde, nearby. There have been 20 injured, and nearly 500 of the 1,373 passengers and crew aboard have been evacuated by helicopter (one by one winched up).
Evacuations halted as the ship got underway, but could have been restarted if necessary.
Some of the 479 passengers who were airlifted to shore were scheduled to begin flying home Sunday, the company said. Another 436 passengers and the crew of 458 remained aboard while the ship headed toward port. - USA Today
Danny and Judith Bates were among the passengers rescued by air.
“Very frightening. We went up on a helicopter with a sling, the two of us together and it was quite scary," Danny Bates told Eurovision.
"I felt surely, they have everything under control, it’s all going to be OK. So we just take this as an unexpected adventure," Judith Bates said. - ABC News
Fisherman Jan Erik Fiskerstrand, whose boat was one of the first to come to help Viking Sky, told Aftenposten newspaper, "it was just minutes before this could have gone really wrong".
The ship could have hit the rocks "if they had not started the engine and fastened the anchor" he added. - BBC
Norwegian media reported gusts up to 43 mph and waves over 26 feet. - USA Today