Accident On Viking Cruise Ship
It has been confirmed that a Viking River cruise ship has been involved in a tragic collision on the Danube River in Hungary.
Accident on viking cruise ship. The Viking Sigyn cruise ship hit the Mermaid after 2100 local time 1900 GMT on 29 May. The cruise ship was carrying 1300 people when it sent a mayday signal on March 23 2019. By Jim Walker on September 11 2016.
All 27 targets were from the Mermaid which sank within secs of the collision. 9 rows Ship Collision Allision. Ship Collision Allision bridge crash accident On September 11 2016 the Viking longship Freya hit a bridge in southern Germany.
The cruise ship is operated by Viking River Cruises. Here are also reported latest updates on cruise law news related to ashore and. Following the collision the Viking Idun as towed to Terneuzen where it is docked.
Police confirmed Thursday that 7 people are dead and another 21 are still missing. At the time of its accident the Viking Sky vessel operated by Viking Ocean Cruises a division of Switzerland-based Viking Cruises was travelling from the Arctic Norwegian city of Tromso to the city of Stavanger in the countrys South. A number of German newspapers are reporting that the Viking Freya struck a rail bridge last night crushing the wheelhouse and killing two officers who were navigating the ship.
Chemical Marketer remains moored nearby. It was the worst crash on the Danube in more than 50 years. It suffered an engine failure while on route to Stavanger.
Media reports said the cruise ship has 171 passengers on board. Our Viking Jupiter accidents page contains reports made by using official data from renown online news media sources US Coast Guard and Wikipedia. The ship was carrying a total of 181 passengers and 49 crew.
