Viking Cruise Ship Crash
Passengers were reportedly being hoisted one-by-one by rescue helicopters from the.
Viking cruise ship crash. She is operated by Viking Ocean Cruises. The captain a 64-year-old Ukrainian national named as Yuriy C was later. It suffered an engine failure while on route to Stavanger.
MV Viking Sky is a cruise ship that was launched in 2016 and entered service in 2017. The ship contacted the USCG Air Station San Diego at 820 am requesting medical evacuation. On 23 March 2019 she suffered an engine failure off the coast of Norway.
Skipper of ship that struck tour boat on Danube killing at least 7 arrested. On February 14 2019 while maneuvering for docking in Port Piraeus Athens Greece the cruise liner collided with the pier. The 442 foot Viking Sigyn slammed into the smaller vessel while passing under the Margaret Bridge on Wednesday night.
The Viking Sigyn crashed into a tourist boat the Mermaid on the Danube on 29 May. 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. 22 women 12 men and a six-year-old girl traveling with her mother and grandparents.
Police confirmed Thursday that 7 people are dead and another 21 are still missing. It was due to depart at 6 pm on Aug 11. The Mermaid then sank killing 28.
The Sigyn approached the Mermaid from behind and clipped its stern causing the small ship to spin and then flip over. With 1373 passengers and crew on board the ship was hit by 26ft waves and 50kmh gusts of wind while at sea running in to trouble on day eight of the 12-day In Search of the Northern Lights. What happened to the Viking Sky cruise ship.
