Viking River Cruise Ship Accident

A river cruise ship the Viking Sigyn operated by Viking River Cruises collided with a Hungarian sightseeing boat the Hableany Mermaid operated by the Panorama Boat company on the Danube River.

Viking river cruise ship accident. The vessel first hit a retaining wall then its stern was struck by a small bulk cargo ship. By Jim Walker on May 30 2019. It took seven seconds to.

The accident caused severe damage to Viking Idun especially on her bow and ripped a large hole in the side of the chemical tanker but according to Viking Cruises no passengers were hurt. The accident occurred at 905 PM on Wednesday when Hungarian sightseeing boat Hableány Mermaid collided with Viking Sigyn a large cruise ship belonging to a Swiss company. 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 last years incident with the.

All but two of. REUTERSMichaela Rehle Two officers navigating the Viking. Our Viking Forseti accidents page contains reports made by using official data from renown online news media sources US Coast Guard and Wikipedia.

A Viking Cruises ship was evacuated last month after all four engines failed and the vessel was battered with bad weather. Seven people have been confirmed killed with a further 21 feared dead after a Viking river cruise ship collided with a sightseeing boat on the Danube River in Budapest. A n investigation is underway to find out why a Viking Cruises river ship crashed into a bridge in Germany.

Viking Idun has a smashed bow and a large gash can be seen on the hull of the tanker Chemical Marketer. Viking Idun was sailing from Antwerp to Ghent with 171. The small Hableany Mermaid tour boat collided with the Viking Sigyn river cruise ship on May 29 near the Hungarian Parliament in Budapest.

A Viking longship Viking Idun was in a collision with a tanker carrying petroleum while sailing from Antwerp on the Scheldt river in the early hours of Monday April 1. CruiseMappers Viking Forseti cruise ship accidents incidents and law news reports relate to a 190-passenger vessel owned by Viking Cruises. On October 5 2013 the Viking longship Bragi was involved in an allision-collision accident on Rhine River.