Cruise Ship Viking Sky In Trouble

Some 1300 passengers and crew are to be evacuated by helicopters and if possible by SAR boats in heavy storm conditions.

Cruise ship viking sky in trouble. - Emergency services said on March 23. I started to pray. Video from a passenger on board the stranded Viking Sky off the Norwegian coast shows chairs and other furniture sliding dangerously across the floor.

The ship reportedly suffered mechanical failure or engine failure at around 1800 UTC Mar 23 and started to drift towards coast in severe storm. Viking issued a statement around midday Saturday Sydney time. Viking Sky Alters Course Due to Fuel Problem.

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. We can confirm that on March 23 rd at 2pm Norwegian time the vessel Viking Sky a 47800 tonne ship travelling from Tromsø to Stavanger carrying 915 guests and 458 crew experienced a loss of engine power off the coast of Norway near Molde. More than 400 people had to be airlifted to safety from the stricken cruise ship Viking Sky after it suffered engine trouble off the Norwegian coast on Saturday and was seen listing at.

One of the rescue. Happy end Mar 24 UPDATE Filipino crew killed by mooring line Italy. Viking Sky cruise ship stranded off Norway towed to shore as traumatised passengers hospitalised.

Officials are investigating why the Viking Sky cruise ship set sail despite storm warnings leading to 479 passengers having to be rescued via helicopter after engine trouble. 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. A luxury cruise ship that had set sail with almost 1400 passengers and crew aboard has arrived safely at.

Carrying approximately 500 passengers Viking Sky arrived from Kuşadası Turkey before arriving to Galataport Istanbul at 300 pm local time on October 15. Wild photos and videos show the Viking Sky cruise ship tilting nearly 45 degrees in choppy waters sending passengers and furniture sliding across rooms and tiles falling from the ceiling. CruiseMapper emailed accident report by Guy Auxer Gulf of Mexico 712 AM February 12 2020 aboard the Viking Sky.