Viking Cruise Ship Evacuation

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.

Viking cruise ship evacuation. VikingSky is now. In contrast the new. The Viking Sky cruise ship lost power as it sailed toward Stavanger Norway in heavy seas and wind today.

Hundreds evacuated from cruise ship in Norway. The cruise ship issued a mayday call and many passengers were evacuated from the cruise ship via helicopter as the ship rocked back and forth in stormy weather. Cruise with confidence - Risk-free bookings industry leading health safety policies.

324 940 AM PT -- Viking Sky cruise has finally docked safely in the port of Molde in Norway. CRUISE ship Viking Sky had to be evacuated early this morning after it was battered by rough seas off the coast of Norway and suffered engine failure. A Viking cruise ship needed to be evacuated over the weekend as engine trouble and stormy weather caused the ship to take on water and.

Local time and stretched through the darkness into the early morning. Video starts seconds before caption sounds the emergency alarm. Passengers were reportedly being hoisted one-by-one by rescue helicopters from.

324 740 AM PT -- The ship has regained some power and. My Mom sent this to me from the ship. Safety of the passengers not to launch the lifeboats and to keep the passengers onboard and organize a precautionary evacuation by helicopter Lloyd said that.

A study by GP Wild analysing cruise ship operational incidents shows that while worldwide cruise ship capacity grew by more than 415 percent from 2009 to 2016 over that same six-year period the number of operational incidents has trended down with an average of 194 incidents per year prioritising cruise lines safety record ahead of other modes of. Helicopter video from the evacuation of 1300 passengers from the Viking Sky cruise ship off the coast of Norway. After an engine failure and major evacuation efforts the Viking Sky cruise ship safely docked in the port of Molde Norway on Sunday bringing a high-seas nightmare to an end.