Viking Cruise Ship Crash

The cruise ships bow was badly damaged while a huge hole was ripped into the side.

Viking cruise ship crash. 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. 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. At the time of the collision there were 35 people aboard the Hableány.

The ship was carrying a total of 1090 people 607 passengers plus 483 crew. On January 1 2020 a 68-year-old female passenger suffering stroke symptoms was medevaced from the liner en-route from Mexico back to California USA navigating approx 360 km 225 mi south of Port San Diego. The ship contacted the USCG Air Station San Diego at 820 am requesting medical evacuation.

Ship Collision Allision. Cruise Critic has reported that a Viking Cruises ship was involved in an accident on the Rhine near Duisburg Germany on Saturday. What happened to the Viking Sky cruise ship.

The Viking Sigyn crashed into a tourist boat the Mermaid on the Danube on 29 May. A Hungarian judge has ordered the formal arrest of a captain whose Viking river cruise ship collided with a sightseeing boat on the. The mooring was assisted by 3 port tugboats.

A partial evacuation by helicopters took place. On 23 March 2019 she suffered an engine failure off the coast of Norway. 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.

MV Viking Sky is a cruise ship that was launched in 2016 and entered service in 2017. The Sigyn approached the Mermaid from behind and clipped its stern causing the small ship to spin and then flip over. Seven people are confirmed dead in the accident and 21 people are missing.