Viking Sky Cruise Ship Disaster

Almost 500 passengers on board a luxury cruise ship were airlifted to safety after engines failed during stormy conditions.

Viking sky cruise ship disaster. The Viking Sky incident A wake-up call for the Arctic cruise industry. Viking Sky Cruise Ship Disaster SHTF General Alarm Long Version - MAYDAY. There were about 20 injuries reported.

Viking Sky Cruise Ship Disaster SHTF General Alarm Long Version - MAYDAY. The vessel eventually was towed to Molde Norway where it arrived Sunday. The vessel IMO number 9650420 is currently Norway-flagged MMSI.

The blackout of the Viking Sky cruise ship in March 2019 Hustadvika Norway has indicated the vulnerability of ships in harsh environmental conditions the far reaching potential safety implications and tremendous challenges linked with an Arctic emergency response. Reading the current reports about the Viking Sky distress I am reminded about the 2012 incident off Alaska when the drilling rig Kulluk ran ashore after its tug Aiviq suffering engine problems. In March 2019 while operating in the freezing cold waters of the North Sea coast off of Norway the ship became disabled and a frightful rescue effort took place to lift the passengers to safety via helicopter at.

Viking Sky cruise ship arrives after problems the ship got in the storm outside of Hustadvika at Molde Norway March 242019. The Viking Sky en route to Norway had almost 1400 passengers and crew on board when it arrived at a port in Norway. A Viking cruise ship needed to be evacuated over the weekend as engine trouble and stormy weather caused the ship to take on water and endanger the 1373 passengers and crew aboard.

There were no fatalities but 20 people. A Viking Ocean Cruises cruise ship with about 1300 people on board is. Traumatised passengers on board a cruise ship engulfed by a massive storm have recalled the.

After the Viking Sky incident Viking founder and chairman Torstein Hagen flew to Molde Norway where the ship was docked and apologized to passengers. OSLO March 27 Reuters The engines of a luxury cruise ship that narrowly escaped disaster during a storm off Norway on Saturday failed because of relatively low levels of lubricating oil in. When the Viking Sky with 1373 people on board sent out a mayday Saturday afternoon after engine trouble stranded the cruise ship in stormy waters off the western coast of Norway rescue services were quickly activated.