Woman who was dropped into sea dies

A British woman who was dropped into the sea off Norway while being transferred from a cruise ship to another vessel has died.

A British woman who was dropped into the sea off Norway while being transferred from a cruise ship to another vessel has died.

Janet Richardson, 73, from near Penrith, Cumbria, was taken ill on the Ocean Countess and fell into the sea while being stretchered onto a rescue vessel. She spent eight minutes in the near-freezing Arctic Ocean before being rescued and taken to hospital in Norway.

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