Viking Sky Cruise Ship Rescue

The ship issued a mayday call on Saturday afternoon and Norways Joint Rescue Coordination Center sent in five helicopters to rescue the stranded passengers and crew.

Viking sky cruise ship rescue. The vessel IMO number 9650420 is currently Norway-flagged MMSI. Inside the Viking Sky cruise ship rescue Its first helicopter arrived within 30 minutes. The Norway team quickly deployed search-and-rescue teams who safely airlifted 460 people including 17 wounded even as the ship was tossed amid 25-foot waves and was in danger of.

The Norwegian public broadcaster NRK said the Viking Skys evacuation was a slow and dangerous process as passengers needed to be hoisted one by one from the cruise ship. Investigators from three countries are today continuing to piece together the weekend events that led up to the dramatic rescue of 1300 passengers and crew from the Viking Sky which was hit by huge storms in Norway and lost power in all four engines. Tensions rise in Maui Mickeys Party Amtraks new fleet.

Rescue teams were sent to evacuate the cruise ship under extremely difficult circumstances. Passengers rescued from the Viking Sky cruise ship are helped by emergency services in Hustadvika Norway Saturday March 23 2019. EPA The Viking Sky built in 2017 belongs to Viking Ocean Cruises part of the Viking Cruises group.

Norwegian Search and Rescue. By the numbersFive helicopters 28 rescuers 464 saved. A cruise ship Viking Sky drifts towards land after an engine failure Hustadvika Norway March 23.

Cruise ship rescue. Regarding the helicopter rescue operation the Norwegian Search and Rescue SAR contacted the company CHC at 1400 immediately upon receiving the mayday from Viking Sky. 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 operation.

1373 passengers and crew are being rescued from the Norway cruise ship Viking Sky which is stranded in stormy seas. The 2017-built MS Viking Sky cruise ship is the third in a series of 10 identical vessels built for Viking Ocean CruisesThe sisterships are named Viking Star 2015 Viking Sea 2016 Viking Sun 2017 Viking Orion 2018 Viking Jupiter 2019 Tellus and Venus 2021 Neptune and Mars 2022. The Viking Sky carrying 1373 passengers and crew sent out a mayday call on Saturday after it lost power in stormy seas as it was tossed about in 15-metre waves that sent tables and furniture.