Cruise Ship Helicopter Rescue
Rescue helicopters took more than 475 passengers from a cruise ship that got stranded off Norways western coast in bad weather before the vessel departed for a nearby port with nearly 900 people.
Cruise ship helicopter rescue. Rescue teams with helicopters and boats were sent to evacuate the cruise ship under extremely difficult circumstances including gusts up to 38 knots 43 mph and waves over 8 meters 26 feet. Rescue workers off Norways western coast rushed to evacuate 1300 passengers and crew from a disabled cruise ship by helicopter on Saturday winching them one-by-one to safety as heaving waves tossed the ship from side to side and high winds battered the operation. Helicopters rescue Norway cruise ship passengers - YouTube.
Coastguard Rescue 175 has been scrambled to assist the crew of the cruise ship Disney. The helicopter rescue from Viking Sky was called off at mid-day on the 24th of March. Janet Jacob among the first group.
The Norwegian newspaper VG said the Viking Sky cruise ship ran into propulsion problems as bad weather hit Norways coastal regions on Saturday and it started drifting toward land. 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 tossed the ship from side to side and high winds battered the operation. Rescue workers off Norways western coast rushed to evacuate 1300 passengers and crew from a disabled cruise ship by helicopter on Saturday winching them one-by-one to safety as heaving waves.
Using its own engines the ship arrived in Molde at 1620 with 436 passengers and 458 crewmembers. And when the general alarm sounded it became VERY real she wrote in a text. OSLO Rescue helicopters evacuated more than 150 people from a luxury cruise ship which suffered engine failure on.
Last night October 8 2019 the Coast Guard of New Zealand dispatched a helicopter to the Celebrity Solstice to medevac a crew member who needed to be hospitalized. Canadian Air Force helicopter rescues sick passenger from cruise ship off Vancouver Island. It was frightening at first.
Rescue workers are evacuating more passengers from a cruise ship that had engine problems in bad weather off Norways western coast while authorities prepare to tow the vessel to a nearby port. Odd Roar LangeEPA-EFE Later reports emerged that a cargo ship with nine crew. Rescue workers then launched a high-risk evacuation of the ships 1300 passengers and crew winching them one-by-one up to helicopters as heaving waves tossed the ship from side to side.
