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meA Baltic Sea ferry with about 280 people on board ran aground off the Finnish island group Åland. The Western Finnish Coast Guard announced on Twitter on Sunday that the situation is stable, people are not in danger. The rescue teams evacuated the “Amorella”.
According to the coast guard and the Viking Line shipping company, all the passengers had been brought ashore in the late afternoon before the crew was removed from the ship. According to information from Viking Line, the 169-meter-long ferry with almost 200 passengers and 80 crew on board was heading from Turku in southern Finland to the Swedish capital Stockholm. According to the shipping company, there should have been no injuries in the incident.
According to the Finnish and Swedish media, the “Amorella” ran aground in 2013. At that time, too, the incident occurred in this area off Åland. According to information from the radio station Ålands Radio, this time the ferry was forced to deliberately run aground due to problems during the journey so as not to fill with water. Finnish public broadcaster Yle reported that the crew had spoken of “leaks in various places” from the ship in their emergency call.
Due to the corona pandemic, there were far fewer passengers aboard the “Amorella” than usual, as announced by Viking Line Scandinavia. The ship can normally accommodate up to 2000 passengers.
