Cruise Ship Viking Sky In Trouble
BBC News has reported that police in the Møre og Romsdal county say on Saturday morning the ship experienced engine failure and dropped anchor sending out a distress call to the Norwegian Coast Guard.
Cruise ship viking sky in trouble. A luxury cruise ship that had set sail with almost 1400 passengers and crew aboard has arrived safely at. A CARGO ship near the stranded Viking Sky cruise ship is now also in trouble off the coast of Norway. The Captain apprised us yesterday evening around 630 PM that there was a fuel problem that we would be altering course to Miami skipping Progreso and Merida Mexico.
Some 1300 passengers and crew are to be evacuated by helicopters and if possible by SAR boats in heavy storm conditions. A rescue operation is ongoing for the cruise ship in. NTB scanpix via AP SourceAP.
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The ship reportedly suffered mechanical failure or engine failure at around 1800 UTC Mar 23 and started to drift towards coast in severe storm. Hell ride as stricken cruise ship is tossed by rough seas video. The cruise ship Viking Sky can be seen drifting toward land in strong winds off Hustadvika Bay Norway.
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Norwegian rescue authorities say a freighter has experienced an engine seizure in the same stormy Hustadsvika Bay region off western Norway where hundreds of people are being winched off by helicopter from the ailing. Helicopters reportedly sent to evacuate ships 9 crew. 191 rows The 2017-built MS Viking Sky cruise ship is the third in a series of 10 identical.
