Cruise Ship Helicopter Rescue

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.

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Passengers rescued from the Viking Sky cruise ship are helped by emergency services in Hustadvika Norway Saturday March 23 2019. Norways Joint Rescue Coordination Center stepped up sending five helicopters in. Janet Jacob among the first group.

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. Alaska-bound cruise ships are banned from BC. 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.

The Norwegian newspaper VG said the Viking Sky cruise ship ran into propulsion problems as bad weather hit Norways coastal regions on Saturday and it started drifting toward land. Coastguard Rescue 175 has been scrambled to assist the crew of the cruise ship Disney. Rescue teams with helicopters and boats were sent to evacuate the cruise ship under extremely difficult circumstances including gusts up to 38 knots 43 mph and waves over 8 meters 26 feet.

Helicopters rescue Norway cruise ship passengers - YouTube. 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. Using its own engines the ship arrived in Molde at 1620 with 436 passengers and 458 crewmembers.

And when the general alarm sounded it became VERY real she wrote in a text. Helicopter nearly runs out of fuel airlifting sick Carnival Cruise passenger 75 miles to shore in nail-biting rescue. It was frightening at first.