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

[Gardenista]

Rescue helicopters are airlifting 1,300 passengers from a cruise ship that suffered an engine failure in windy weather off the coast of Norway on Saturday, said police and rescue services.

The Viking Sky was drifting towards land and had sent out a mayday signal, said the country's maritime rescue service.

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

 

[Gardenista]

Passengers evacuated after Viking Sky cruise ship's engines fail

Passengers evacuated from Norway cruise

Helicopters and rescue boats are at the scene in high waves and strong winds.

One person at the scene told the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet that the waves are several metres high.

 

[scandinavian girl]

There will be a pc in about 15 minutes according to swedish TV 4. I will listen to it.


Fartyg i sjönöd – passagerare evakueras

 

[Gardenista]

There will be a pc in about 15 minutes according to swedish TV 4. I will listen to it.


Fartyg i sjönöd – passagerare evakueras

Can you translate this video and see if it is The Viking Sky in it?

 

[scandinavian girl]

Can you translate this video and see if it is The Viking Sky in it?

no I can´t but I am listening and what they are saying there is three helicopters that can take 15 passengers each, this will take a while. No information yet of any casualties. This is scary and I have flashbacks of when Estonia went under.

 

[Gardenista]

no I can´t but I am listening and what they are saying there is three helicopters that can take 15 passengers each, this will take a while. No information yet of any casualties. This is scary and I have flashbacks of when Estonia went under.

This guy is following live marine traffic and the helicopter flights live:

 

[glamourkitty1922]

This is so scary, they can only take one person off at a time, and there are 1300 on board!

 

[Gardenista]

This twitter account has videos of the seas in the area. It's scary!

redningsselskapet (@NSSR) | Twitter

 

[scandinavian girl]

I don´t see any presser it is only on repeat. As soon as I hear or see something I will post

 

[scandinavian girl]

News about #Vikingsky on Twitter

twitter with different languages

 

[Mrs. Badcrumble]

About 100 rescued so far; 5 are injured, nothing serious; 4 helicopters and an unknown number of vessels are aiding the evacuation. Engine problems. There's apparently no real danger, thank goodness!

1300 passasjerer evakueres fra cruiseskip

 

[castilloisno1]

this is really scary! Hoping all can be rescued soon!

 

[Gardenista]

Interviews with people evacuated

Her kjem dei første evakuerte til Molde

- I was afraid. I have never experienced anything so scary. I began to pray, I prayed for security to everyone on board, Jacob says.

Ho was on the cruise ship together with her husband and two friends of the couple.

Around 14.00 the dramatic message came that Viking Sky was in trouble and drove to land at Hustadvika on the Romsdal coast.

- We just know that there was a lot of wind and rough sea, in addition to the ship having a problem with one of the engines, says Janet Jacob.

- We sat and ate lunch when the glass was broken and the boat began to take in water. The helicopter trip I would rather not think about. It was not nice, says John Curry from the US.

At 6.30 pm both he and his girlfriend Sandy Writtenhouse came to the hotel in Molde.

- It was a very scary experience. I just wanted to get on the helicopter and on land as soon as possible, Writtenhouse says.

 

[Mrs. Badcrumble]

Bergens Tidende follows the case minute-by-minute, but it is in Norwegian:
Cruiseskip fra Bergen i nød: Følg redningsdramaet direkte her

The ship has restarted one of its engines; emergency plans have been sat in action. Onlookers are causing troubles for the rescue.

 

[Gardenista]

There is a forum called Cruise Critic that has a couple of people who are on board posting about what's going on. Not a ton of info yet, but it you want to read it you can google - Viking Sky position, adrift off Norway Coast and evacuating Passengers & Crew

 

[Gardenista]

The Latest: 100 people evacuated from cruise ship off Norway

 

[scandinavian girl]

now it is dark in scandinavia the time is 7.30 pm, I assume sweden and norway are in the same timezone.

 

[Trudie]

The Latest: 100 people evacuated from cruise ship off Norway

I caught just a snippet on CNN. What a terrifying event. It’s goi g to be a lengthy process to complete the evacuation.

 

[Gardenista]

da Maria‏Verified account @idamaria
Ida Maria Retweeted Tore

This cargo ship came to help in the rescue and has now gotten in trouble and is being evacuated. Timber has been blown in the ocean. Winds are picking up. Prayers for passengers of #vikingsky and the cargo.

Cargo ship w / 9 persons onbord went down close to #VikingSky . Rescue helicopter sent to save crew.

2:29 PM - 23 Mar 2019

 

[Gardenista]

Cargo Ship Assisting in Viking Sky Rescue Issues Distress Call