Viking Sky Cruise Ship Investigation

Norwegian Maritime Authority concludes Viking Sky investigation The Norwegian Maritime Authority NMA on Wednesday 27 March published an investigation update regarding the incident of the cruise ship Viking Sky.

Viking sky cruise ship investigation. Maritime authorities in Norway the UK and the US have begun investigations into the loss of power on board cruise ship Viking Sky cruise ship which nearly led to her grounding along the west coast of Norway near Molde last Saturday March 23rd. Following the daring rescue of nearly 500 passengers from the stranded Viking Sky and the successful docking of the vessel in Molde Norwegian authorities have launched a formal investigation. Norway cruise ship.

Why three of the four engines on the Viking Sky conked out simultaneously will be a major focus of the investigation said a spokesman for the Norwegian Maritime Authority. It said that it would be looking closely at these. At the AIBNs request the ATSB assisted with the collection of information relevant to the investigation.

On the afternoon of 23 March 2019 the cruise vessel Viking Sky experienced a black-out and loss of propulsion in gale to storm force conditions in the Hustadvika area of the Norwegian Coast. The 2017-built MS Viking Sky cruise ship is the third in a series of 10 identical vessels built for Viking Ocean CruisesThe sisterships are named Viking Star 2015 Viking Sea 2016 Viking Sun 2017 Viking Orion 2018 Viking Jupiter 2019 Tellus and Venus 2021 Neptune and Mars 2022. She is operated by Viking Ocean Cruises.

Contents 1 General characteristics 2 Career 21 Construction 22 2019 incident 3 References. Norway launches investigation into why Viking Sky cruise ship set sail into 50mph storm and put its 1300 passengers at high risk before emergency evacuation. After the blackout of Viking Sky the Viking Ocean Cruises gave instructions about the lubricating oil levels to be inspected for all its cruise ships 7.

More than 400 people had to be airlifted to safety after the ships engine trouble. Viking Sky was owned by Viking Ocean Cruises with technical management provided by. On 23 March Viking Sky lost power to engines in bad weather off the coast of Norway.

The accident investigation bodies of United States and the United Kingdom two countries that had large numbers of their nationals on the Viking Sky will also be participating in the Norwegian investigation. The Accident Investigation Board of Norway issued its accident report focusing on the Norwegian cruise vessel Viking Sky which engines failed during a storm in the Norwegian sea resulting to the vessel drifting in rough waters in the Norwegian Sea to within 100 meters of land. Norway launches investigation into why Viking Sky cruise ship set sail into 50mph storm and put its 1300 passengers at high risk before emergency evacuation More than 400 people had to be.