Passengers airlifted from crippled cruise ship in storm off Norway

The maritime rescue service said the Viking Sky, with 1,373 passengers and crew on board, had sent out a mayday signal as it had been drifting toward land in the Norwegian Sea.The ship was carrying 915 passengers, of which "a large number" were from the United States and Britain, the rescue service said, although it declined to be more specific.Some 155 people had been evacuated by 2140 GMT, rescue service spokesman Per Fjeld said.