Viking Sky Cruise Ship Engine Failure

Lars Alvestad the head of Norways Maritime Authority said that low oil levels were the direct cause of the engine failure that stranded Viking Sky over.

Viking sky cruise ship engine failure. One of the rescue. The ship incorporates a hydrodynamically optimised hull with sleek lines. 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.

On 23 March Viking Sky lost power to engines in bad weather off the coast of Norway. Mar 27 2019. After investigating the incident Norwegian Maritime Authority announced today that the cruise ship Viking Sky motors failed because of relatively low oil levels in the engines.

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 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. Rescue helicopters have been evacuating people from a Viking Ocean Cruises ship that suffered engine failure on Saturday March 23 in windy conditions off Norways west coast.

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. The Viking Sky suffered engine failure on Saturday afternoon while en route to Stavanger from Tromso. Courtesy of the ship being towed to port an initial assessment of the engine failure aboard Viking Sky indicates that the malfunction might have begun in self-contained propulsion units as the.

The Viking Sky sailed from the northern city of Tromso over the weekend bound for Stavanger in southern Norway when the ship had engine failure started listing dangerously then. Passengers Evacuated from Viking Sky Due to Engine Failure. The cruise ship Viking Sky on the other hand chose to pass Hustadvika on the Møre coast in strong winds.

EDT -- Insufficient oil pressure was the direct cause of the engine failure that left. 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. In compliance with the latest.