Viking Sky Cruise Ship Investigation

An investigation being carried out into the loss of propulsion onboard the Viking Sky cruise ship on March 23 2019 has determined the direct.

Viking sky cruise ship investigation. On 23 March Viking Sky lost power to engines in bad weather off the coast of Norway. More than 400 people had to be airlifted to safety after the ships engine trouble. A total of 18 alarms about low lubricating oil levels sounded on board cruise ship Viking Sky IMO 9650420 several hours before a complete blackout left the ship at the mercy of stormy seas with a total of 1373 people on board according to a preliminary report from The Norway Accident Investigation Board AIBN.

Norwegian accident investigation officials said today they had launched a probe. Expand your horizons on this comfortable award-winning ship intimate and thoughtfully created by experienced nautical architects and designers to enrich your interaction with your destination in every way. After the blackout of Viking Sky the Viking Ocean Cruises gave instructions about the lubricating oil levels to be inspected for all its cruise ships 7.

Norwegian Maritime Authority concludes Viking Sky investigation The Norwegian Maritime Authority NMA on Wednesday 27 March published an investigation update regarding the incident of the cruise ship Viking Sky. The incident is to be examined by the Norwegian Maritime Directorate the Norwegian Police and the Accident Investigation Board. It said that it would be looking closely at these.

On 23 March 2019 Viking Skys main engines stopped while the passenger ship was on a cruise off Hustadvika on Norways coast. The 2017-built MS Viking Sky cruise ship is the third in a series of 10 identical vessels built for Viking Ocean CruisesThe sisterships are named Viking Star 2015 Viking Sea 2016 Viking Sun 2017 Viking Orion 2018 Viking Jupiter 2019 Tellus and Venus 2021 Neptune and Mars 2022. In a preliminary finding.

At the AIBNs request the ATSB assisted with the collection of information relevant to the investigation. Viking Sky was owned by Viking Ocean Cruises with technical management provided by. Why three of the four engines on the Viking Sky conked out simultaneously will be a major focus of the investigation said a spokesman for the Norwegian Maritime Authority.

The vessel IMO number 9650420 is currently Norway-flagged MMSI. MV Viking Sky is a cruise ship that was launched in 2016 and entered service in 2017. On March 23 2019 the cruise vessel experienced a black-out and loss of.