Viking Sky Cruise Ship Engine Failure

Throughout the night the NMA has worked together with the ships classification society Lloyds and the company in order to identify the reason why the Viking Sky suffered power blackout at Hustadvika in challenging weather conditions on Saturday 23 March.

Viking sky cruise ship engine failure. One of the rescue. On 23 March 2019 the Viking Sky experienced a blackout and loss of propulsion in the Hustadvika area Norway and the ship started to dangerously drift towards shore. Engine failure blamed on low oil levels 27 March 2019 Norway cruise ship rescue EPA The Viking sky arriving at Molde port in Norway on Sunday afternoon A.

A spokesperson for Viking Cruises owners of the Viking Sky stressed to Lloyds list that the vessel had been built to the highest standards but said that it was too early to speculate about the causes of the engine failure. Rescue helicopters have been evacuating people from a Viking Ocean Cruises ship that suffered engine failure on Saturday March 23 in windy. Viking Sky Cruise Ship Engine Failure Caused by Low Oil Pressure Norwegian Officials Conclude 205 pm.

The 2017-built luxury cruise ship had 1378 passengers and crew on board when its engines failed and it drifted dangerously close to shore near the town of. Five helicopters and several rescue ships were called in for the rescue. Despite a great media attention given to the blackout and loss of propulsion of the Viking Sky very few research studies have been dedicated to this near disaster.

Passengers Evacuated from Viking Sky Due to Engine Failure. The Viking Sky suffered engine failure on Saturday afternoon while en route to Stavanger from Tromso. Viking Sky is equipped with four MAN 3244CR engines and manufacturer MAN Energy Solutions has already dispatched a.

The power-plant shutdown was caused by a low level of lubrication oil in the tanks. According to Maritime Bulletin the Viking Sky found itself dealing with engine failure off the cost of Norway during what was described as heavy storm conditions. The Norwegian Maritime Authority NMA has released a statement on the Viking Sky engine failure saying that the engine failure was directly caused by low oil pressure.

The ship drifted to within 100 meters of running aground before they were able to restart one of the engines stated police chief Hans Vik who heads the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre for southern Norway according to Reuters emphasis added. The Viking Cruises ship - which had 1300 people on board 200 of them British - suffered engine failure and had to be evacuated. Rescue helicopters battled severe winds on Saturday in an attempt to airlift more than 1300 people off a Viking Cruises ship that issued a distressed.