Ferry carrying 900 people narrowly avoids North Sea disaster

A passenger ferry from Newcastle is slowly making its way to Norway, after two fires on board left it drifting in the North Sea.

A passenger ferry from Newcastle is slowly making its way to Norway, after two fires on board left it drifting in the North Sea.

The Princess of Scandinavia, which lost power when two fires broke out in its engine room and smokestack, has started moving under its own power.

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