The video of the infuriating moment in which the Norwegian cruise begins to fail and where its passengers fear the worst

The Norwegian authorities on Saturday completed the helicopter evacuation of about 1,300 pbadengers from a cruiser ship down before its coastline.

"The cruise ship "Viking Sky" has launched an SOS due to engine problems and bad weather"The rescue center in southern Norway announced on Twitter, and in another tweet, the local police informed that the 1,300 pbadengers were evacuated ashore.

At the end of the terrifying episode, some users began to share images and recordings of what had happened on social networks. Among them, a video shows how the furniture of the cruise glide towards one of the flanks of the boat, pushed by the strong wind.

Some pbadengers scream and stand to avoid falling, while others are injured by the falling objects on the roof.

"I have never seen anything so terrifying. I started praying, I prayed for the safety of all aboard"he said on public television NRK One of the pbadengers who could reach the mainland, Janet Jacob.

"The helicopter trip is terrible, the winds were like a tornado", he added.

"The boat has only one engine running and the winds are pretty strong, we prefer people to be on the ground rather than on the boat."had previously declared the AFP the chief of police operations, Tor André Franck.

Four helicopters participated in the operation, reported the rescue center.

The images broadcast by the Norwegian media and filmed from the ground showed the Large white silhouette of the boat overflown by helicopters, in rough seas.

The incident occurred around 14:00 (12:00 GMT) a few nautical miles from the coast of the region of Møre og Romsdal. (in western Norway), a region that has experienced several shipwrecks.

"It is dangerous to suffer from engine problems in the waters that hide many reefs"Franck said, pointing out that the waves reached 8 meters.

Other boats came into the area and a ground reception center was opened for pbadengers.

"The ship threw the anchor and one of its engines is running. It is currently about two kilometers from the coastEinar Knutsen, spokesman for the rescue center, told NRK television.

In the same area, a merchant ship also suffered an engine failure, police said in a tweet. The nine people on board must be evacuated.

The Viking Sky was chartered in 2017 by the Norwegian operator Viking Ocean Cruises.