Cruise Ship Off Coast Of Norway

Five helicopters had earlier winched 479 people to.

Cruise ship off coast of norway. A cruise ship off Norways western coast was evacuating its 1300 passengers after losing power and issuing a mayday call on Saturday. Norwegian officials say rescue workers have managed to evacuate about 100 people so far from a cruise ship that ran into engine problems in heavy winds and seas and sent a mayday call off Norways western coast. Passengers And Crew Members Saved From Stranded Cruise Ship Off The Coast Of Norway TIME - YouTube.

But then the ships four engines shut down in. His companion Judith Bates said I felt surely they have everything under control its all going to be OK. Over the weekend a commercial cruise liner called the Viking Sky with nearly 14000 passengers and crew on board had to be evacuated when stormy weather and rough seas off the coast of Norway caused the ship to rock dangerously and it nearly ran aground.

Built in 2017 the ship belongs to Viking Ocean Cruises part of the Viking Cruises group founded by Norwegian billionaire Torstein Hagen. A cruise ship has suffered engine failure in windy conditions off the west coast of Norway and will evacuate its 1300 passengers. Calling at ports most never visited by commercial cruise liners the ships deliver freight post and passengers to remote communities some of which are home to just a few hundred people.

Police say a cruise ship with engine problems has sent a mayday call off Norways western coast and is making plans to evacuate its 1300 passengers and crew. Almost 900 people and crew are still aboard the Viking Sky cruise ship over 18 hours since it sent out a mayday signal following engine failure off Norways rocky western coast. Helicopters and boats were helping with the evacuation which.

Passengers posted dramatic photos from inside. The cruise ship Viking Sky lays at anchor in heavy seas after it sent out a Mayday signal because of engine failure in windy conditions near Hustadvika off the west coast of Norway Saturday. In the home waters of the Norwegian coast Hurtigruten has been part of the countrys very lifeline for over a century.

A Viking Ocean Cruises cruise ship with about 1300 people on board is in distress in heavy weather just off the coast of western Norway. - Photo by EPAODD ROAR LANGE UPDATE 32519. The evacuation of passengers from a cruise ship off the western coast of Norway has come to an end as the vessel safely makes its way to Molde harbor Viking Ocean Cruises said in a statement.