Crew member charged over ship that ran aground in Norway

The container ship NCL Salten almost hit Johan Helberg’s house (Jan Langhaug/NTB Scanpix via AP)

Norwegian prosecutors have charged a cargo ship’s second officer with negligent navigation after he allegedly fell asleep on duty and the vessel ran aground, narrowly missing crashing into a home.

The ship, the NCL Salten, ran aground shortly before 6am on Thursday morning. No oil spills were reported, and none of the 16 people aboard were injured.