Viking Cruise Ship Off Norway

It suffered an engine failure while on route to Stavanger.

Viking cruise ship off norway. Frank Einar VatneNTB Scanpixvia REUTERS. The Viking Sky was drifting towards land and had sent out a mayday signal. 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.

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Built in 2017 the ship belongs to Viking Ocean Cruises part of the Viking Cruises group founded by Norwegian billionaire Torstein Hagen. Book Your Cruise Now. About 900 passengers and crew were still onboard the Viking Sky when it arrived at the port of Molde on Norways west coast on Sunday afternoon.

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Explore our ocean cruises that include Norway. - Emergency services said on March 23. Stranded passenger that were rescued by helicopter from the cruise ship Viking Sky are pictured on March 23 2019 on the west coast of Norway near Romsdal.

All-aged friendly cruise with 40 facilities and various activities. The cruise ship was carrying 1300 people when it sent a mayday signal on March 23 2019. Use down arrow key to expand the menu and up arrow key to collapse the menu and hit enter to select the link.