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Viking Sky Helicopter Rescue

Accompanied by tug boats the viking sky cruise ship has limped into the norwegian port of molde more than a day after issuing a mayday call that led to harrowing helicopter rescues of half of its. New footage has emerged from the viking sky rescue that took place on saturday that shows passengers being airlifted to safety as huge waves toss the ship around.

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Viking sky helicopter rescue. Jan verloop shared with mb his version of viking sky troubled engines explaining how and why engines stalled. Get the latest updates on the rescue operation in our live coverage. Aerial of viking sky helicopter rescue. A viking sky cruise ship needed 1373 passengers and crew on board to be evacuated last weekend and those involved in the rescue mission hadnt experienced a rescue this intense before. This video is unavailable. The helicopter evacuation of over 400 passengers including some from australia sparked headlines around the world. Maritime bulletin reader from netherlands mr. Skip navigation sign in. A total of 1373 people were on board the ship viking cruise officials told buzzfeed news including 915 guests and 458 crew. Aerial of viking sky helicopter rescue. Svein ove ekornesvag afpgetty images. Norwegian public broadcaster nrk said the viking skys evacuation was a slow and dangerous process as passengers needed to be hoisted from the cruise ship to the five available helicopters one. Investigators from three countries are today continuing to piece together the weekend events that led up to the dramatic rescue of 1300 passengers and crew from the viking sky which was hit by huge storms in norway and lost power in all four engines. A rescue helicopter heads to the viking sky during a storm on the west coast of norway on march 23 2019. A camera mounted on a rescue.

The viking sky ship issued a mayday call off the western hustadvika coast at about 2 pm. Local time norwegian search and rescue officials said after the ship started having engine trouble. 1373 passengers and crew are being rescued from the norway cruise ship viking sky which is stranded in stormy seas.