Kean Wong:
All the way over in Latvia, cruise ship the Mona Lisa has hit some trouble. The ships mostly German passengers were evacuated as the ship ran onto a sandbank. Heres the full story.

From the air the Mona Lisa looks perfectly normal.

But beneath the waterline this cruise ship is stuck fast.

It hit a sandbank, running aground with nearly a thousand passengers and crew onboard 18 kilometres, or 11 miles, off the coast of Latvia.

As passengers photographed the holiday adventure they'd become a part of, rescue crews were lowered onto the Mona Lisa's decks, and reported no injuries.

After an attempt to refloat it failed, Latvian authorities began evacuating the mostly German passengers to ships nearby.

The 40-year-old vessel, which is registered in the Bahamas, had been cruising from Poland to the Latvian capital Riga.

Once evacuated its passengers will be transported to Latvia, where their dream holiday will have to continue on dry land.