Watch: Crew Airlifted From Cargo Ship Adrift At Sea. Dramatic Rescue Is Viral

The 12 crew members were evacuated from "Eemslift Hendrika" by Norwegian rescue services.

A Dutch cargo ship was adrift in the Norwegian Sea on Tuesday after all of its crew members were airlifted, with some having to jump into the rough waters to be rescued. The "Eemslift Hendrika", which was carrying several smaller ships from Bremerhaven in Germany to Kolvereid in Norway, made a distress call Monday, reporting a heavy list after stormy weather displaced some of its cargo. The 12 crew members were evacuated in two stages later the same day by Norwegian rescue services. The first eight were airlifted by helicopter from the deck of the cargo ship.