Viking Sky Cruise Ship Rescue

Passengers aboard the stricken Viking Sky sat in silence wearing life jackets for nearly 24 hours as emergency officials worked to save the cruise ship from heavy seas an Australian passenger.

Viking sky cruise ship rescue. A cruise ship Viking Sky drifts towards land after an engine failure Hustadvika Norway March 23. The Norway team quickly deployed search-and-rescue teams who safely airlifted 460 people including 17 wounded even as the ship was tossed amid 25-foot waves and was in danger of. Passengers rescued from the Viking Sky cruise ship are helped by emergency services in Hustadvika Norway Saturday March 23 2019.

A Viking Sky cruise ship needed all 1373 passengers and crew on board to be evacuated last weekend. Svein Ove Ekornesvag Norways Joint Rescue Coordination Centre stepped up. EPA The Viking Sky built in 2017 belongs to Viking Ocean Cruises part of the Viking Cruises group.

The ships engines died and holidaymakers had to be rescued by helico. Accompanied by tug boats the Viking Sky cruise ship has limped into the Norwegian port of Molde more than a day after issuing a mayday call that led to. A cruise ship with engine problems sent a mayday call off Norways western coast on Saturday then began evacuating its 1300 passengers and crew amid stormy seas and heavy winds in a high-risk helicopter rescue operation.

A total of 1373 people were on board the ship Viking Cruise officials told BuzzFeed News including 915 guests and 458 crew. 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. Coast Guard official Emil Heggelund explained that the ship was within 100 metres 300 feet of striking rocks under the water and 900 metres 2950 feet from shore when it stopped and anchored in.

Passengers are helped from a rescue helicopter in Norway after being rescued from the Viking Sky cruise ship. Get the latest updates on the rescue op. Tensions rise in Maui Mickeys Party Amtraks new fleet.

Investigators from three countries are today continuing to piece together the weekend events that led up to the dramatic rescue of 1300 passengers and crew from the Viking Sky which was hit by huge storms in Norway and lost power in all four engines. Cruise ship rescue. By the numbersFive helicopters 28 rescuers 464 saved.