Viking Sky Cruise Ship Rescue

Svein Ove Ekornesvag Norways Joint Rescue Coordination Centre stepped up.

Viking sky cruise ship rescue. Regarding the helicopter rescue operation the Norwegian Search and Rescue SAR contacted the company CHC at 1400 immediately upon receiving the mayday from Viking Sky. 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. 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.

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. Cruise ship rescue. The Viking Sky cruise ship sent an SOS due to engine problems in bad weather while police reported 1300 passengers would be evacuated by helicopter.

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. The Viking Sky carrying 1373 passengers and crew sent out a mayday call on Saturday after it lost power in stormy seas as it was tossed about in 15-metre waves that sent tables and furniture. 1373 passengers and crew are being rescued from the Norway cruise ship Viking Sky which is stranded in stormy seas.

1300 people are currently being evacuated from Viking Sky Image. 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. Passengers rescued from the Viking Sky cruise ship are helped by emergency services in Hustadvika Norway Saturday March 23 2019.

A luxury cruise ship has safely arrived at port in Norway after a harrowing ordeal that. 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. The cruise ship Viking Sky reaches the port of Molde under its own steam on Sunday.

Inside the Viking Sky cruise ship rescue Its first helicopter arrived within 30 minutes. The Norwegian public broadcaster NRK said the Viking Skys evacuation was a slow and dangerous process as passengers needed to be hoisted one by one from the cruise ship. The vessel IMO number 9650420 is currently Norway-flagged MMSI.