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« on: February 12, 2015, 12:52:58 AM »
I just read a book about the Norwegian ferry M / S SKAGERAK which sank between Denmark and Norway in 1966 ... there was a tremendous storm and the bow doors were driven by a giant wave as the ship began to take water in ... all were ordered in lifeboats and inflatable rafts ... the ships and helicopters that came to the rescue had due to weather major problems, the captain refused to be picked up as long as all his passengers and crew who were in the water had not yet been rescued to safety on board the rescue vessels despite the fact that his ship had a dangerous slope ... when he on the ship's radio was told that everyone was rescued, he said ok then I want to be retrieved.
All survived except one elderly man who subsequently died of a blood prop.
IT WAS A CAPTAIN WITH HONOR.
It was because of the weather a huge rescue operation that went around the world in the media, an important factor for the mission went well was because of it Danish Air Force's new rescue helicopter type Sikorsky S-61 as it had acquired in 1965 ... The US factory Sikorsky awarded medals for the Danish squadron as it was the first time these helicopters had done such a great and successful work.
M / S SKAGERAK was new built in 1965
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