In March 2019, the Viking Sky cruise ship lost all power while navigating one of Norway’s most dangerous stretches of sea. As violent storms battered the vessel, it drifted helplessly toward rocky shores.

An attack forced its crew to abandon ship in early March. No country has intervened, despite fears of environmental disaster. By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Rome For weeks, a huge, unmanned Russian fuel tanker has been drifting aimlessly in the ...

The tragedy involving the “unsinkable” Titanic caused a major shift in thinking after decades of optimism, and has an impact on safety even to this day.