Viking Sky Cruise Ship Disaster

- Emergency services said on March 23.

Viking sky cruise ship disaster. The vessel IMO number 9650420 is currently Norway-flagged MMSI. A Viking cruise ship needed to be evacuated over the weekend as engine trouble and stormy weather caused the ship to take on water and endanger the 1373 passengers and crew aboard. When the Viking Sky with 1373 people on board sent out a mayday Saturday afternoon after engine trouble stranded the cruise ship in stormy waters off the western coast of Norway rescue services were quickly activated.

There were no fatalities but 20 people. Unfortunately it got itself into hot water recently. In March 2019 while operating in the freezing cold waters of the North Sea coast off of Norway the ship became disabled and a frightful rescue effort took place to lift the passengers to safety via helicopter at.

Almost 500 passengers on board a luxury cruise ship were airlifted to safety after engines failed during stormy conditions. After the Viking Sky incident Viking founder and chairman Torstein Hagen flew to Molde Norway where the ship was docked and apologized to passengers. Reading the current reports about the Viking Sky distress I am reminded about the 2012 incident off Alaska when the drilling rig Kulluk ran ashore after its tug Aiviq suffering engine problems.

The 227-meter Viking Sky was delivered to Viking Ocean Cruises in 2017. Viking Sky Cruise Ship Disaster SHTF General Alarm Long Version - MAYDAY. Viking Sky cruise ship arrives after problems the ship got in the storm outside of Hustadvika at Molde Norway March 242019.

The Aiviq engines were OK but suffered from bad fuel causing all 4 engines to stall. There were about 20 injuries reported. 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 en route to Norway had almost 1400 passengers and crew on board when it arrived at a port in Norway. The Viking Sky incident A wake-up call for the Arctic cruise industry. The vessel eventually was towed to Molde Norway where it arrived Sunday.