“The situation is consolidated. No injuries were found, “the company said in a statement posted on its website. Around two hundred passengers and about 80 crew members were evacuated by Finnish rescuers.
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The Finnish authorities should confirm the end of the evacuation. Video footage on social networks showed passengers in orange vests as helicopters circled over the ship.
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Åland is a large archipelago, consisting of more than 6,000 islands, some of which are just small ridges above the sea. It is an autonomous territory belonging to Finland and lies about 70 kilometers from Stockholm.
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The ship caught the attention of the media five years ago, when Finnish police detained eight Swedes on suspicion of mass raping a 45-year-old woman in her cabin on a ship during a night cruise from Stockholm to Turku. These weekend cruises are popular with Scandinavians thanks to cheap tax-exempt alcohol.
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