has managed to dock safely at larne harbour in northern ireland. tug boats were deployed to help the stricken ferry, the european causeway, after it suffered what the company called a temporary mechanical issue . our correspondent in belfast danny savage spoke to us earlier and brought us up to date with what happened, well, the european causeway was plying its regular route from scotland to northern ireland earlier today. it left cairnryan at about midday. that crossing should normally take about two hours, but when it was just a few miles short of its destination in larne this afternoon it seemed to have lost all power about five miles off the coast. it was adrift, we understand, for about 90 minutes without power. there was a cruise liner on standby, two local tugs were sent out, a helicopter was sent to the scene, but after about an hour and a half it seems that the european causeway did manage to get its power going again, to get its engines going at some sort of speed and has go
p&o ferries has promised a comprehensive investigation after one of its vessels lost power and spent more than an hour adrift off the coast of northern ireland. tugboats were deployed to help the european causeway, which was sailing between county antrim and cairnryan in scotland when it reported a mechanicalfailure. our ireland correspondent emma vardy has the story. a couple of hours behind schedule, the european causeway making it back into port after her drama at sea. earlier, passengers on deck had watched as rnli lifeboats and tugs were deployed alongside, and a coast guard helicopter above, after the ship lost power. it stopped, it came to a complete standstill. and you could tell there was no sound of the engines, which you can hear normally, as the ship sails. nothing at all. just sat there, kind of wondering what was happening. the lights were out, the power went down. it was a little bit nerve racking, the wait,
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the euroferry olympia was travelling a routine nine hourjourney from igoumenitsa in greece to brindisi in italy when the fire broke out early on friday. in the dark, passengers were woken and told to get into life rafts, but some passengers are still missing. their relatives face an agonising wait for information. translation: i spoke to another driver that was also in the hold in the cars. i asked him if he had news of my father. he said they had seen him, but, after they took us out of the ship, the passengers gathered together and we were looking for your father but could not find him anywhere. and not only him but three others as well. some relatives have criticised the conditions on board for lorry drivers. translation: he was afraid of coronavirus. l he had health issues and, because he was afraid of catching the virus due to the overcrowding, he often preferred to sleep in the truck. especially if it was not a long trip. tugs are trying to tow the ferry