Viking Cruise Ship Crash
The ship was carrying a total of 1090 people 607 passengers plus 483 crew.
Viking cruise ship crash. 9 rows On January 12 2018 1 pm while manoeuvring for undocking in Port Barcelona Moll. A Viking Cruises ship with 171 passengers on board crashed into an oil tanker off the coast of the Netherlands. At the time of the collision there were 35 people aboard the Hableány.
The accident was caused by a starboard azipod azimuth thrusterpropulsion unit malfunction. The cruise ship left Valletta 2 am on Aug 12 approx 8 hours behind schedule heading for the itinerarys last call port Piraeus-Athens. Prosecutors officially billed him in November.
It suffered an engine failure while on route to Stavanger. It was due to depart at 6 pm on Aug 11. Cruise Critic has reported that a Viking Cruises ship was involved in an accident on the Rhine near Duisburg Germany on Saturday.
The 442 foot Viking Sigyn slammed into the smaller vessel while passing under the Margaret Bridge on Wednesday night. The mooring was assisted by 3 port tugboats. On February 14 2019 while maneuvering for docking in Port Piraeus Athens Greece the cruise liner collided with the pier.
Passengers were reportedly being hoisted one-by-one by rescue helicopters from the. The Viking Bragi was on its last leg of a 14-day. A woman stands by flowers and candles.
With 1373 passengers and crew on board the ship was hit by 26ft waves and 50kmh gusts of wind while at sea running in to trouble on day eight of the 12-day In Search of the Northern Lights. The cruise ships bow was badly damaged while a huge hole was ripped into the side. The cruise ship issued a mayday call and many passengers were evacuated from the cruise ship via helicopter as the ship rocked back and forth in stormy weather.
