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.

Viking sky cruise ship rescue. The ships engines died and holidaymakers had to be rescued by helico. Updated at 212 pm. Rescue operation for Viking Sky cruise ship - overview of the organizations involved.

For the 1370 passengers on board the Viking Sky their holiday quickly turned to hell. A cruise ship Viking Sky drifts towards land after an engine failure Hustadvika Norway March 23. 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.

Passengers rescued from the Viking Sky cruise ship are helped by emergency services in Hustadvika Norway Saturday March 23 2019. 1300 people are currently being evacuated from Viking Sky Image. 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.

Cruise ship EVACUATION. 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. 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.

A luxury cruise ship has safely arrived at port in Norway after a harrowing ordeal that. The vessel IMO number 9650420 is currently Norway-flagged MMSI. Over the weekend Viking Sky a cruise liner off the coast of Norway issued a mayday distress signal after losing power during a brutal storm stranding 1373 people aboard the embattled ship.

Passengers are helped from a rescue helicopter in Norway after being rescued from the Viking Sky cruise ship. The Viking Sky ship issued a mayday call off the western Hustadvika coast at about 2 pm. Local time Norwegian search and rescue officials said after the ship started having engine trouble.