Viking Sky Cruise Ship Engine Failure

Mar 27 2019.

Viking sky cruise ship engine failure. According to the maritime rescue service Viking Sky with around 1300 passengers and crew onboard had sent out a mayday signal as she had been drifting towards land. Rescue helicopters have been evacuating people from a Viking Ocean Cruises ship that suffered engine failure on Saturday March 23 in windy conditions off Norways west coast. According to the Norwegian Maritime Authority NMA the vessels engines stopped working due to low lubricating oil in the tanks as the vessel sailed towards Hustadvika.

EDT -- Insufficient oil pressure was the direct cause of the engine failure that left. In compliance with the latest. Viking Sky is equipped with four MAN 3244CR engines and manufacturer MAN Energy Solutions has already dispatched a.

A spokesperson for Viking Cruises owners of the Viking Sky stressed to Lloyds list that the vessel had been built to the highest standards but said that it was too early to speculate about the causes of the engine failure. Passengers Evacuated from Viking Sky Due to Engine Failure. After investigating the incident Norwegian Maritime Authority announced today that the cruise ship Viking Sky motors failed because of relatively low oil levels in the engines.

On 23 March 2019 the Viking Sky experienced a blackout and loss of propulsion in the Hustadvika area Norway and the ship started to dangerously drift towards shore. The 2017-built luxury cruise ship had 1378 passengers and crew on board when its engines failed and it drifted dangerously close to shore near the town of. The ship incorporates a hydrodynamically optimised hull with sleek lines.

Five helicopters and several rescue ships were called in for the rescue. Lars Alvestad the head of Norways Maritime Authority said that low oil levels were the direct cause of the engine failure that stranded Viking Sky over. According to Maritime Bulletin the Viking Sky found itself dealing with engine failure off the cost of Norway during what was described as heavy storm conditions.

Rescue helicopters battled severe winds on Saturday in an attempt to airlift more than 1300 people off a Viking Cruises ship that issued a distressed. The Viking Cruises ship - which had 1300 people on board 200 of them British - suffered engine failure and had to be evacuated. The Viking Sky suffered engine failure on Saturday afternoon while en route to Stavanger from Tromso.