Accident On Viking Cruise Ship
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.
Accident on viking cruise ship. A Viking Cruises ship with 171 passengers on board crashed into an oil tanker off the coast of the Netherlands. All 27 targets were from the Mermaid which sank within secs of the collision. Several passengers aboard the Viking Sigyn a Viking Cruises ship have come forward with their accounts of the recent tragedy on the Danube that injured seven took the lives of seven others and left 21 missing.
But this wasnt just a random accident caused by an equipment malfunction this accident was a serious collision that. It suffered an engine failure while on route to Stavanger. It was the worst crash on the Danube in more than 50 years.
Cruise Critic has reported that a Viking Cruises ship was involved in an accident on the Rhine near Duisburg Germany on Saturday. Ship Collision Allision bridge crash accident On September 11 2016 the Viking longship Freya hit a bridge in southern Germany. No Viking river cruise passengers have been injured in the accidents but two Viking crew members were killed in September 2016 in a wheelhouse accident similar to.
Police confirmed Thursday that 7 people are dead and another 21 are still missing. A representative for the company confirmed the incident to us with the following statement. The accident was caused by a starboard azipod azimuth thrusterpropulsion unit malfunction.
Viking Freya River Cruise Ship Strikes Bridge Kills Two Officers. It was due to depart at 6 pm on Aug 11. Propulsion Power Loss.
In the accident the riverboats Wheelhouse Bridge was crashed and both navigation officers in it were killed. The Freya experienced an accident in. On August 11 2016 operating in the Mediterranean Sea southern Europe the vessel lost power while docked in call port La Valletta Malta.
