Cruise ship to 'evacuate its 1,300 passengers after sending mayday signal off the coast of Norway

[MULTIZ321]

Cruise ship to 'evacuate its 1,300 passengers after sending mayday signal offthe coast of Norway.


https://www.euronews.com/2019/03/23...-after-sending-mayday-signal-off-the-coast-of.


Richard

 

[Passepartout]

Ship is Viking Sky operated by Viking Ocean Cruises. It is anchored and no longer adrift.

Jim

 

[DrQ]

A Viking ship set adrift ... hmmm.

 

[dioxide45]

Ship is Viking Sky operated by Viking Ocean Cruises. It is anchored and no longer adrift.

Jim

Still airlifting passengers and crew off the ship.

 

[Passepartout]

Still airlifting passengers and crew off the ship.

One at a time by helicopter will take a while.

 

[MULTIZ321]

Passengers airlifted from cruise ship stranded off Norway.


https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...off-norway-passengers-evacuated-idUSKCN1R40J7.

Richard

 

[x3 skier]

Must have been cozy with 1300 passengers on a 930 passenger capacity ship

(1300 is the passengers plus crew). A very very rare slip by Richard.

Cheers

 

[MULTIZ321]

Must have been cozy with 1300 passengers on a 930 passenger capacity ship

(1300 is the passengers plus crew). A very very rare slip by Richard.

Cheers

Mea Culpa.


Richard

 

[Passepartout]

I wonder how many timeshares on that Viking ship?

 

[MULTIZ321]

Choppers pluck 1 ,300 from stranded ship in dramatic rescue off Norway's coas.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/chopp...ed-ship-in-dramatic-rescue-off-norways-coast/


Richard

 

[Passepartout]

As of 5:30 (est) 479 people had been lifted off the ship. It is attached to two tugs, one front, one rear and is being towed at 7 knots to a Norwegian port 70 km away.

The mostly senior citizen, largely American, British and Australian passengers will, no doubt, have stories to share about the handling of this incident. Some good, some not so much.

The ship was less than 2 years old, having been built and delivered to Viking Ocean Cruises in 2017.

Jim

 

[louisianab]

Nope. Nope. Nope.
I'd need the real good drugs for this experience.

 

[MULTIZ321]

Viking Sky Evacuation Ends as Cruise Ship
Heads to Port With 894 on Board.


https://skift.com/2019/03/24/viking...-cruise-ship-heads-to-port-with-894-on-board/

Richard

 

[DrQ]

I bet those removed by helicopter were treated to an E-ticket ride. NOT!

 

[jlp879]

Viking Sky cruise ship in Molde port as evidenced by their live web cam

Also, long thread on Cruise Critic with some passengers who were on board:
https://boards.cruisecritic.com/top...coast-and-evacuating-passengers-crew/page/22/

 

[jlp879]

Here is a compilation of some of the photos:

https://boards.cruisecritic.com/gallery/album/218-viking-sky-incident-23rd-24th-march-2019/

 

[MULTIZ321]

I'm Obsessed With This Woman Tweeting About Being On That Stranded Cruise Ship.


https://www-buzzfeed-com.cdn.amppro...bsessed-with-this-woman-who-was-tweeting-abou.


Richard

 

[AnnaS]

I hope everyone by now has been airlifted/evacuated. Praying for their safe return home.

Scary for sure......

 

[MULTIZ321]

Officials to investigate why stranded Norway cruise ship set sail.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/...-stranded-norway-cruise-ship-set-sail-n986876.


Richard

 

[clifffaith]

We thought it was odd that the North Sea would be on a Viking Itinerary late winter/early spring. We've been eyeing the ocean cruise brochures when they come, but more likely would take a second Viking river cruise. That being said Cliff knows someone who was on a river cruise from St. Petersburg to Moscow when a huge storm hit, and being on a river rather than the open sea didn't help much -- they were pretty miserable for 24 hours.

 

[jlp879]

The Viking Sky cruise was called In Search of Northern Lights and so that's why they were up there when other cruises weren't.

This blog by onboard lecturer Corey Sandler details his account of the Sky getting into trouble and its rescue.

http://sky.coreysandler.com/

see 23-24 March 2019: A Night to Remember in Hustadvika

 

[pedro47]

I am praying that everyone on the cruise ship are safe and a Big Thanks to all men and women who participate in their rescue. Thanks You.

 

[MULTIZ321]

What happened with Viking Sky - and is it safe to cruise in extreme conditions?

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/...d-is-it-safe-to-cruise-in-extreme-conditions/


Richard

 

[b2bailey]

Just heard from my friend who was scheduled to depart Viking Cruise in the next few days -- on that ship!
Cruise is cancelled and I can't even imagine the troubles she will have to unwind her other travel plans, since like many
of us she had other stops before and after the cruise departure.

 

[MULTIZ321]

Official: Norway cruise ship engines failed from lack of oil



https://apnews.com/8ca8ad0c722d41b197c9f5697cc27730.

Richard