Viking Sky Cruise Ship Rescue

Svein Ove Ekornesvag Norways Joint Rescue Coordination Centre stepped up.

Viking sky 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. Rescue operation for Viking Sky cruise ship - overview of the organizations involved. The cruise ship Viking Sky reaches the port of Molde under its own steam on Sunday.

Passengers rescued from the Viking Sky cruise ship are helped by emergency services in Hustadvika Norway Saturday March 23 2019. 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. By the numbersFive helicopters 28 rescuers 464 saved.

1373 passengers and crew are being rescued from the Norway cruise ship Viking Sky which is stranded in stormy seas. Inside the Viking Sky cruise ship rescue Its first helicopter arrived within 30 minutes. The Viking Sky ship issued a mayday call off the western Hustadvika coast at about 2 pm.

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. 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 Norway team quickly deployed search-and-rescue teams who safely airlifted 460 people including 17 wounded even as the ship was tossed amid 25-foot waves and was in danger of.

The ships engines died and holidaymakers had to be rescued by helico. The Viking Sky carrying 1373 passengers and crew sent out a mayday call on Saturday after it lost power in stormy seas as it was tossed about in 15-metre waves that sent tables and furniture. Regarding the helicopter rescue operation the Norwegian Search and Rescue SAR contacted the company CHC at 1400 immediately upon receiving the mayday from Viking Sky.

Cruise ship EVACUATION. A Viking Sky cruise ship needed all 1373 passengers and crew on board to be evacuated last weekend. Heres the story of the rescue.