On 9 December, more than 400 British tourists boarded a 14-day Northern Lights expedition to Norway, expecting to see the miraculous beauty, but they didn't expect to encounter the terrifying storm waves that even sailors fear!
The passengers were swaying and crawling on the floor, the whole ship was without power, the windows were smashed by the waves, and the ship had to dock immediately!
A passenger posted his experience on Facebook, and Hansen said he was enjoying the Christmas break on a cruise ship when he was lying in his room watching a movie when he suddenly felt a jolt.
He stood up and wanted to go out to see what was going on, but he didn't expect to be shaken off by a bump as soon as he stepped on the floor.
He flew up to the "deck monitor" in the room and found that the entire surveillance video had turned white.
He turned his head to look at the balcony, and the scene outside the window scared him half to death, and the waves were sweeping towards the cruise ship several meters high!
The images from the horror movies are now a reality, and the waves several meters high are rolling down one after another:
Immediately after, there was a crackling sound from the entire cabin.
Due to storms and high waves, luxury cruise ships sway from side to side in the middle of the deep sea at an angle of inclination of at least 45 degrees.
The ornaments on the table, the goods in the store, all fell to the ground, sliding and rolling on the ground.
Another passenger also posted a photo of the huge wave from his room on the Internet:
"It's not fun at all, it's scary. ”
As soon as the waves came, the whole room was lifted up to experience the "Pirate Ship" project directly at sea.
There was a mess on the deck, and waves engulfed the cruise ship wave after wave, the highest wave was at least 3 stories higher than the deck, directly breaking through the windows of the main console, and all the electrical equipment was completely destroyed at once.
The next second, the alarm on the ship suddenly sounded. The captain issued an urgent notice via radio that they needed everyone to go to the restaurant to assemble. However, it is very difficult to walk through such stormy seas...... Many passengers were stunned by the bumps of the waves, and some were forced to slide on the floor.
Betty and her 96-year-old mother were dumbfounded at the sight of the waves, they both had to be in wheelchairs, and in the panic, they couldn't get to the meeting point.
At this time, four crew members came to their door, and the crew carried Betty and her 96-year-old mother to the meeting point.
The crew helped all the passengers put on life-saving equipment, prepared water, Coke and sandwiches.
However, the fear of power outages is greater than imagined.
There was no heating on the ship, no entertainment, people were sitting together to keep warm, and the captain was trying to figure out a way.
The only thing that can operate on the ship is the main engine, and the captain cannot use GPS positioning, and in the deep sea, like a headless fly, can not go anywhere.
The captain had to manually steer the ship to ensure that it could dock as soon as possible.
Later in the day, the captain made contact with a civilian search and rescue ship, and now the ship is slowly pulling the cruise ship closer to the nearest port, Bremerhaven, Germany.
Fortunately, there were no casualties this time. Wild waves, almost all sailors and marine specialists are most afraid of something.
The massive, towering waves that suddenly appeared in the open water seemed to appear out of nowhere, without warning or warning.
Rough waves are usually twice as high as the surrounding sea, ranging from 8 to 30 meters in height, and these bodies of water often have sharp waves and great destructive power.
Last year, a Chinese woman was on a cruise ship to Antarctica when she was unfortunately caught in rough waves.
In November 2022, Sheri Xiaonong Zhu, a Chinese-American woman in Houston, Texas, and her husband set off from Argentina on their long-awaited trip to Antarctica.
Unexpectedly, they encountered a big wave like a city wall, and the power was amazing.
At that time, the force of the huge wave shocked the passengers of the whole ship. The waves shattered the glass of Zhu Xiaonong's cabin, and she was struck by shards of glass that splattered everywhere and were as sharp as blades.
In the end, Zhu Xiaonong was hit by broken glass and died of his injuries.
Many Chinese love to travel on cruises, but human beings are small in the face of the deep sea, so we must pay attention to safety.