Cruise Ship Viking Sky In Trouble
Five helicopters and several rescue ships were called in for the rescue.
Cruise ship viking sky in trouble. Frank Einar Vatne. Viking Sky cruise ship stranded off Norway towed to shore as traumatised passengers hospitalised. Norwegian cruise ship was reportedly 100 metres from rocks after rough seas struck 0043 Viking Sky.
One of the rescue. The Captain apprised us yesterday evening around 630 PM that there was a fuel problem that we would be altering course to Miami skipping Progreso and Merida Mexico. The ship reportedly suffered mechanical failure or engine failure at around 1800 UTC Mar 23 and started to drift towards coast in severe storm.
Some 1300 passengers and crew are to be evacuated by helicopters and if possible by SAR boats in heavy storm conditions. The captain then gave the official abandon ship. Galataport Istanbul welcomed the Viking Sky on Friday October 15 in a sign of revitalized cruise tourism at Turkey according to a press release.
More than 400 people had to be airlifted to safety from the stricken cruise ship Viking Sky after it suffered engine trouble off the Norwegian coast on Saturday and was seen listing at. Cargo ship in distress while assisting VIKING SKY crew to be evacuated Mar 24 UPDATE Cruise ship VIKING SKY in distress. The Viking Sky suffered engine failure on Saturday afternoon while en route to Stavanger from Tromso.
0053 Majestic Viking Sea cruise ship arrives in London on the River Thames 5th May 2016 720p. Norwegian rescue authorities say a freighter has experienced an engine seizure in the same stormy Hustadsvika Bay region off western Norway where hundreds of people are being winched off by helicopter from the ailing. The vessel sent out a distress signal because of propulsion problems.
Helicopters reportedly sent to evacuate ships 9 crew. Viking Sky cruise ship passes through Thames Barrier at sunset 2nd Jul 2017 1080p. Video from a passenger on board the stranded Viking Sky off the Norwegian coast shows chairs and other furniture sliding dangerously across the floor.
