Viking Sky Cruise Ship Rescue

A cruise ship Viking Sky drifts towards land after an engine failure Hustadvika Norway March 23.

Viking sky cruise ship rescue. 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. The ship issued a mayday call on Saturday afternoon and Norways Joint Rescue Coordination Center sent in five helicopters to rescue the stranded passengers and crew. 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.

Svein Ove Ekornesvag Norways Joint Rescue Coordination Centre stepped up. A total of 1373 people were on board the ship Viking Cruise officials told BuzzFeed News including 915 guests and 458 crew. The Viking Sky incident A wake-up call for the Arctic cruise industry.

A Viking Sky cruise ship needed all 1373 passengers and crew on board to be evacuated last weekend. Britons tell of FRIGHTENING airlift from Viking Sky off Norway coast TWO Britons have described the frightening experience of being airlifted from a cruise ship. Rescue teams were sent to evacuate the cruise ship under extremely difficult circumstances.

The vessel IMO number 9650420 is currently Norway-flagged MMSI. 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. Tensions rise in Maui Mickeys Party Amtraks new fleet.

1373 passengers and crew are being rescued from the Norway cruise ship Viking Sky which is stranded in stormy seas. Accompanied by tug boats the Viking Sky cruise ship has limped into the Norwegian port of Molde more than a day after issuing a mayday call that led to. Rescue operation for Viking Sky cruise ship - overview of the organizations involved.

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. Over the weekend Viking Sky a cruise liner off the coast of Norway issued a mayday distress signal after losing power during a brutal storm stranding 1373 people aboard the embattled ship.