Viking Sky Cruise Ship Investigation

On 23 March 2019 she suffered an engine failure off the coast of Norway.

Viking sky cruise ship investigation. The Viking Sky was carrying just over. Maritime authorities in Norway the UK and the US have begun investigations into the loss of power on board cruise ship Viking Sky cruise ship which nearly led to her grounding along the west coast of Norway near Molde last Saturday March 23rd. Norway launches investigation into why Viking Sky cruise ship set sail into 50mph storm and put its 1300 passengers at high risk before emergency evacuation.

On the afternoon of 23 March 2019 the cruise vessel Viking Sky experienced a black-out and loss of propulsion in gale to storm force conditions in the Hustadvika area of the Norwegian Coast. Investigation opened On Monday Norways Accident Investigation Board said theyd opened a safety investigation into the Viking Sky incident. The accident investigation bodies of United States and the United Kingdom two countries that had large numbers of their nationals on the Viking Sky will also be participating in the Norwegian investigation.

Norwegian accident investigation officials said today they had launched a probe. A partial evacuation by helicopters took place. The Accident Investigation Board of Norway issued its accident report focusing on the Norwegian cruise vessel Viking Sky which engines failed during a storm in the Norwegian sea resulting to the vessel drifting in rough waters in the Norwegian Sea to within 100 meters of land.

Viking have emailed us with a link to the Accident Investigation Board of Norway AIBN who will be conducting a voluntary survey of passengers of the 14th March cruise to allow them to finalise the incident report. Everyone who had been on board a stranded cruise ship including many Americans was safe Monday morning after a terrifying voyage off the coast of Norway. This information is confidential and Viking will not be party to the responses.

Following the daring rescue of nearly 500 passengers from the stranded Viking Sky and the successful docking of the vessel in Molde Norwegian authorities have launched a formal investigation. More than 400 people had to be airlifted to safety after the ships engine trouble. On 23 March Viking Sky lost power to engines in bad weather off the coast of Norway.

May 9 2019 by World Maritime News Maritime lawyers at Lipcon Margulies Alsina Winkleman have filed a Class Action lawsuit against Viking Cruises regarding the Viking Sky incident from March 2019. After the blackout of Viking Sky the Viking Ocean Cruises gave instructions about the lubricating oil levels to be inspected for all its cruise ships 7. Why three of the four engines on the Viking Sky conked out simultaneously will be a major focus of the investigation said a spokesman for the Norwegian Maritime Authority.