His eyes were rubbed a man in Norway When he woke up and saw that a huge cargo ship He had stranded outside his house.
The ship 135 -meter -long was mobilized just a few meters away from Johan Helberg’s residence in Norway around 5am on Thursday (22.05.2025), Without fortunately there is a conflict.
Helberg was alerted to what had happened by a panic -stricken neighbor, who had watched the ship as he headed to the coast, on Byneset, near Trondheim.
“The bell rang in an hour of the day when I don’t like to open,” Helberg told TV2.
“I went to the window and didn’t believe in my eyes. I had to bend over to distinguish the top of the ship – it was really impressive, “he added in an interview with the Guardian.
Waking up to a bow in your backyard?
That’s what happened to Johan Helberg in Trondheim, Norway, when the 135m NCL Salten ran aground just 7 meters from his house.
No injuries, but it’s not the ship’s first mishap.
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Jostein Jorgensen’s neighbor said that He woke up from the sound of the ship as he headed full speed to land and ran to Helberg’s house.
“I was sure he was already out, but no, there was no sign of life. I rang the bell many times and nothing, “said Jorgensen.
“And only when I called him on the phone I was able to contact him,” he told TV2.
The NCL Salten cargo ship, under the Cypriot flag, transported 16 people and traveled southwest through Todhaim’s Fjord to the city of Orkger when he escaped and stranded.
Fortunately, there were no injuries, according to the AFP agency, while the causes of the accident are being investigated by the police.
Helberg, joking, said: “It can be a huge ‘new neighbor’, but fortunately it won’t stay for long.”
According to reports, the same ship had previous incidents in the past, as it had been overwhelmed in 2023, without the need for external assistance to release it.