The Viking Ocean Cruises company says all the passengers and crew of its Viking Sky cruise ship that was stranded off the coast of Norway on Saturday are safe, Association Press reported.

The ship has docked in the western Norwegian port of Molde, and the passengers are flying home as soon as possible.

Afraid of dashing up on the rocks, it had anchored amid heavy seas and high winds and had begun to evacuate everyone on board.

The company said in a statement that before the ship started being towed to the port of Molde on Sunday, 479 passengers had been airlifted to land by helicopters, leaving 436 passengers and 458 crew members onboard.

Twenty passengers were injured, and they are getting medical treatment in Norway.