Cruise Ship Helicopter Rescue

Rescue workers off Norways western coast rushed to evacuate 1300 passengers and crew from the disabled cruise ship by helicopter on Saturday winching them one-by-one to safety as heaving waves tossed the ship from side to side and high winds battered the operation.

Cruise ship helicopter rescue. A rescue operation involving the Coastguard Rescue Helicopter is underway in the Solent this evening Friday. Passengers rescued by helicopter from the cruise ship Viking Sky are seen in Hustadvika Norway on Saturday. A cruise ship with engine problems sent a mayday call off Norways western coast on Saturday then began evacuating its 1300 passengers and crew amid stormy seas and heavy winds in a high-risk helicopter rescue.

Using its own engines the ship arrived in Molde at 1620 with 436 passengers and 458 crewmembers. Last night October 8 2019 the Coast Guard of New Zealand dispatched a helicopter to the Celebrity Solstice to medevac a crew member who needed to be hospitalized. Rescue workers off Norways western coast rushed to evacuate 1300 passengers and crew from a disabled cruise ship by helicopter on Saturday winching them one-by-one to safety as heaving waves tossed the ship from side to side and high winds battered the operation.

It was frightening at first. Coastguard Rescue 175 has been scrambled to assist the crew of the cruise ship Disney. Passenger Alexus Sheppard told the AP that people with injuries or disabilities were winched off the cruise ship first.

Norway cruise passengers rescued by helicopter after ships engine fails. Helicopter rescues are regularly used to evacuate cruise ship passengers that fall ill given the speed required to reach vessels that may be far out to sea. By Jim Walker on October 9 2019.

Passengers are helped from a rescue helicopter in Fraena Norway Sunday March 24 2019 after being rescued from the Viking Sky cruise ship. Norways Joint Rescue Coordination Center stepped up sending five helicopters in. Rescue workers are evacuating more passengers from a cruise ship that had engine problems in bad weather off Norways western coast while authorities prepare to tow the vessel to a nearby port.

Rescue workers off Norways western coast rushed to evacuate 1300 passengers and crew from a disabled cruise ship by helicopter on Saturday winching them one-by-one to safety as heaving waves. The Viking Sky issued a mayday call as bad weather hit and engine problems caused it to start. Passengers rescued from the Viking Sky cruise ship are helped by emergency services in Hustadvika Norway Saturday March 23 2019.