The ferry with 294 passengers on board was stranded in the Baltic Sea on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018 after an engine breakdown. The malfunction aboard the Regina Seaways produced smoke, which triggered the ship’s fire extinguishing system in the engine room, DFDS said in a statement. (DFDS A/S via AP) (Associated Press)COPENHAGEN, Denmark — A ferry stranded in the Baltic Sea for about six hours with an estimated 300 people on board safely reached its destination Tuesday night, the Lithuanian port of Klaipeda, port authorities said. Smoke poured out of the engine room and triggered the fire extinguisher inside the room, the ferry operator said. “We are talking about a malfunction in the engine room that caused a lot of smoke,” DFDS spokesman Gert Jakobsen said.

Source: Washington Post October 02, 2018 13:14 UTC