Viking Sky Cruise Ship Rescue

EPA The Viking Sky built in 2017 belongs to Viking Ocean Cruises part of the Viking Cruises group.

Viking sky cruise ship rescue. The Norway team quickly deployed search-and-rescue teams who safely airlifted 470 people including 17 wounded even as the ship was tossed amid 25-foot waves and was in. Rescue teams were sent to evacuate the cruise ship under extremely difficult circumstances. Heres the story of the rescue.

Cruise ship rescue. 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. The Viking Sky incident A wake-up call for the Arctic cruise industry.

Passengers are helped from a rescue helicopter in Norway after being rescued from the Viking Sky cruise ship. 1373 passengers and crew are being rescued from the Norway cruise ship Viking Sky which is stranded in stormy seas. 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.

Inside the Viking Sky cruise ship rescue Its first helicopter arrived within 30 minutes. JRCCJoint Rescue Coordination Centre Southern Norway. By the numbersFive helicopters 28 rescuers 464 saved.

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 ships engines died and holidaymakers had to be rescued by helico. Passengers aboard the stricken Viking Sky sat in silence wearing life jackets for nearly 24 hours as emergency officials worked to save the cruise ship from heavy seas an Australian passenger.

Svein Ove Ekornesvag Norways Joint Rescue Coordination Centre stepped up. 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. 1300 people are currently being evacuated from Viking Sky Image.