Helicopter Evacuation Cruise Ship

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.

Helicopter evacuation cruise ship. The Viking Sky cruise ship sent an SOS due to engine problems in bad weather while police reported 1300 passengers would be evacuated by helicopter. By 430 pm 1230 AM Sunday AEST 100 people had been evacuated with each helicopter able to take 15-20 people per airlift. Accordingly the helicopter came down low and drew up so that it was keeping pace with the ship.

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Ships that tour Alaska the Arctic the Antarctic and the like can have dedicated helicopters that are used to ferry crew and passengers on excursions and their main helipads are built on the stern of the ship. Helicopters sent to rescue 1300 passengers from cruise ship off Norway. Helicopter evacuation from cruise ship UPDATED 070821.

The benefits of HLAs in this. Stories of the US Coast Guard performing medical evacuations at sea from cruise ships are common. Rescuers have evacuated 418 people by helicopter from the Viking Sky cruise ship a day after the vessel was stranded in rough seas off Norway with 1300 passengers and crew on.

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 to the five available helicopters. 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. Helicopter operations are commonly used on ships for crew changes Pilot transfer embarkation and disembarkation emergency situations as MEDEVAC medical evacuation andor rescue.

This is because military helicopters are too heavy to land on a cruise ship. The Viking Sky cruise ship lost power as it sailed toward Stavanger Norway in heavy seas and wind today. Because of the air currents swirling around the ship it was deemed safer for the ship to keep moving rather than stop while the evacuation took place.