Viking Sky Cruise Ship Engine Failure

The Viking Cruises ship - which had 1300 people on board 200 of them British - suffered engine failure and had to be evacuated.

Viking sky cruise ship engine failure. The cruise ship Viking Sky on the other hand chose to pass Hustadvika on the Møre coast in strong winds. It was very nearly a disaster. The power-plant shutdown was caused by a low level of lubrication oil in the tanks.

EDT -- Insufficient oil pressure was the direct cause of the engine failure that left. Throughout the night the NMA has worked together with the ships classification society Lloyds and the company in order to identify the reason why the Viking Sky suffered power blackout at Hustadvika in challenging weather conditions on Saturday 23 March. Rescue helicopters have been evacuating people from a Viking Ocean Cruises ship that suffered engine failure on Saturday March 23 in windy.

Viking Sky is equipped with four MAN 3244CR engines and manufacturer MAN Energy Solutions has already dispatched a. Probe opened into engine failure aboard Viking Sky cruise ship 2019-03-26 mediabest Travel Norway breathed a collective sigh of relief on Monday after the dramatic rescue of a stricken cruise ship off its coast but questions mounted about why the vessel chose to sail into notoriously perilous waters in. The cruise ship experienced an engine failure while sailing from Tromsø to Stavanger in Norway in March 2019.

Rescue helicopters have been evacuating people from a Viking Ocean Cruises ship that suffered engine failure on Saturday March 23 in windy conditions off Norways west coast. According to Maritime Bulletin the Viking Sky found itself dealing with engine failure off the cost of Norway during what was described as heavy storm conditions. On 23 March 2019 the Viking Sky experienced a blackout and loss of propulsion in the Hustadvika area Norway and the ship started to dangerously drift towards shore.

Viking Sky Cruise Ship Engine Failure Caused by Low Oil Pressure Norwegian Officials Conclude 205 pm. According to the maritime rescue service Viking Sky with around 1300 passengers and crew onboard had sent out a mayday signal as she had been drifting towards land. The ship was reportedly minutes.

Engine failure blamed on low oil levels 27 March 2019 Norway cruise ship rescue EPA The Viking sky arriving at Molde port in Norway on Sunday afternoon A. Lars Alvestad the head of Norways Maritime Authority said that low oil levels were the direct cause of the engine failure that stranded Viking Sky over. An investigation being carried out into the loss of propulsion onboard the Viking Sky cruise ship on March 23 2019 has determined the direct cause of engine failure to be low oil pressure.