Viking Cruise Ship Crash
Seven people are confirmed dead in the accident and 21 people are missing.
Viking cruise ship crash. Cruise ship captain arrested in deadly Budapest boat crash. Police confirmed Thursday that 7 people are dead and another 21 are still missing. The cruise ship was carrying 1300 people when it sent a mayday signal on March 23 2019.
The Sigyn approached the Mermaid from behind and clipped its stern causing the small ship to spin and then flip over. She is operated by Viking Ocean Cruises. The captain a 64-year-old Ukrainian national named as Yuriy C was later.
The cruise ship issued a mayday call and many passengers were evacuated from the cruise ship via helicopter as the ship rocked back and forth in stormy weather. A Hungarian judge has ordered the formal arrest of a captain whose Viking river cruise ship collided with a sightseeing boat on the. The cruise ships bow was badly damaged while a huge hole was ripped into the side.
The 442 foot Viking Sigyn slammed into the smaller vessel while passing under the Margaret Bridge on Wednesday night. The accident transformed the Mermaid crosswise before the much bigger Viking cruiser as well as it sank within regarding 30 secs according to video clip footage launched by cops in 2014. The Viking Sigyn crashed into a tourist boat the Mermaid on the Danube on 29 May.
A Viking Cruises ship with 171 passengers on board crashed into an oil tanker off the coast of the Netherlands. The accident occurred at 905 PM on Wednesday when Hungarian sightseeing boat Hableány Mermaid collided with Viking Sigyn a large cruise ship belonging to a Swiss company. Skipper of ship that struck tour boat on Danube killing at least 7 arrested.
Prosecutors officially billed him in November. The Freya experienced an accident in. But this wasnt just a random accident caused by an equipment malfunction this accident was a serious collision that occurred between the vessel and a cargo ship.
