Passenger ship rides on dam and stays stuck for hours

Shortly after leaving the port of Harlesiel, a passenger ship got stuck on a dam. It was only after more than nine hours that it got away.

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On Wednesday, shortly after leaving the port of Harlesiel (Landkreis Wittmund), a passenger ship boarded a dam. According to the water protection police, the rowing system was out of function.

Wittmund (dpa/lni) – After a technical failure, a passenger ship landed on a lead dam in front of Wittmund and stuck there for more than nine hours. After the ship had left the port of Wittmund-Harlesiel on Wednesday morning, the on-board electrics and thus the rowing system failed, as the water protection police announced. The ship therefore went up to the dam just one kilometer away. A private helper had brought seven of the fifteen passengers…

A passenger ship is stuck on a dam near Wittmund - and can no longer get away for several hours. How did the incident happen?A passenger ship stuck on a lead dam in front of Wittmund after a technical failure and stuck there for more than nine hours.After the ship had left Wittmund-Harlesiel on Wednesday morning, the onboard electrics and thus the rowing system failed, as the water protection police reported.The ship therefore went up to the dam…