Norway Cruise Ship Rescue

Rescue workers off Norways western coast rushed to evacuate 1300 passengers and crew from the disabled cruise ship by helicopter on Saturday winching them one-by-one to safety as heaving waves.

Norway cruise ship rescue. Viking Cruises engine failure off Norway coast prompts rescue operation for 1300 people on board. Passengers are helped from a rescue helicopter in Fraena Norway on Sunday March 24 2019 after being rescued from the Viking Sky cruise ship. Janet Jacob among the first group.

Dozens of people were evacuated as rescue teams flew helicopters over the ship. As Seas and High Winds Cripple the small sail boat. Some 200 Britons are among those rescued from a cruise ship stranded off the Norwegian coast.

OSLO Rescue helicopters evacuated more than 150 people from a luxury cruise ship which suffered engine failure on. Workers off Norways western coast rushed to rescue 1300 passengers and crew from a disabled cruise ship by helicopter on Saturday. With the world watching CHC played a critical role in a dramatic cruise ship rescue operation amid treacherous conditions off the coast of Norway.

All retrieved people are in good health and taken care of by the ships crew. Local time in Molde a port town in western Norway the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre of Southern Norway. Get the latest updates on the rescue op.

The Viking Sky cruise ship is expected to dock at 430 pm. About 30 people have been removed from the ship so far Norwegian search and rescue officials reported. It was frightening at first.

Watch the rescue and dan. Passenger Alexus Sheppard told the AP that people with injuries or disabilities were winched off the cruise ship first. And when the general alarm sounded it became VERY real she wrote in a text.