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Tallink's Baltic Princess hit by electrical fault en route from Stockholm to Turku

BC, Tallinn, 24.04.2019.Print version
Following a large-scale electrical malfunction on board the passenger ship Baltic Princess during a trip from Stockholm to Turku on Wednesday, the ship is able to safely proceed to the destination port but will skip the stop in Mariehamn, spokespeople for Tallink Silja told Finland's STT news agency, citing LETA/BNS.

The fault that knocked out half of the vessel's electrical system hit at around 1 p.m. As a result of the malfunction, a part of the ship's air conditioning systems have switched off and passengers cannot be offered hot food, spokesperson Marika Nojd said.


There are about 600 passengers onboard the ship that has capacity for 2,500.


Nojd said that the ship is expected to berth in Turku at about 9 p.m., a couple of hours behind schedule.


The scheduled Turku-Stockholm departure by the Baltic Princess on Wednesday evening has been canceled and passengers have been offered the opportunity to board the Galaxy for a crossing from Turku to Stockholm Thursday morning.


The spokesperson for Tallink Silja described so extensive an electrical malfunction in a ship as rare. 





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