Viking Sky Cruise Ship Rescue

Cruise ship EVACUATION.

Viking sky cruise ship rescue. Svein Ove Ekornesvag Norways Joint Rescue Coordination Centre stepped up. Accompanied by tug boats the Viking Sky cruise ship has limped into the Norwegian port of Molde more than a day after issuing a mayday call that led to. The ships engines died and holidaymakers had to be rescued by helico.

The cruise ship Viking Sky reaches the port of Molde under its own steam on Sunday. JRCCJoint Rescue Coordination Centre Southern Norway. 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.

Get the latest updates on the rescue op. A total of 1373 people were on board the ship Viking Cruise officials told BuzzFeed News including 915 guests and 458 crew. 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.

The ship issued a mayday call on Saturday afternoon and Norways Joint Rescue Coordination Center sent in five helicopters to rescue the stranded passengers and crew. 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. Norwegian Search and Rescue.

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 Viking Sky cruise ship sent an SOS due to engine problems in bad weather while police reported 1300 passengers would be evacuated by helicopter. EPA The Viking Sky built in 2017 belongs to Viking Ocean Cruises part of the Viking Cruises group.

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. 1300 people are currently being evacuated from Viking Sky Image. 1373 passengers and crew are being rescued from the Norway cruise ship Viking Sky which is stranded in stormy seas.