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Viking Sky being evacuated off Norway

Posted By: PelicanPirate

Viking Sky being evacuated off Norway - 03/23/2019 06:50 PM

https://www.google.com/amp/s/nypost...-after-mayday-call-off-norway-coast/amp/

10 meter waves, 38 knot winds, lost engine power. Viking Cruises ship less than 2 years old.
Posted By: Carol_Hill

Re: Viking Sky being evacuated off Norway - 03/23/2019 07:10 PM

Wow, that's a scary story!
Posted By: PelicanPirate

Re: Viking Sky being evacuated off Norway - 03/24/2019 03:43 AM

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=I5Okm5PYNlo

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug0YmYdtZ6k
Posted By: PelicanPirate

Re: Viking Sky being evacuated off Norway - 03/24/2019 12:48 PM

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5nJ07anK15c

Some serious listing of this ship early in this video......gonna be the last cruise for some people
Posted By: Carol_Hill

Re: Viking Sky being evacuated off Norway - 03/24/2019 01:48 PM

Very scary videos!! And the one story I read said that they were within 300 FEET of hitting rocks underwater. If they had hit rocks there, it would have been goodnight Irene!!!! Wow..
Posted By: PelicanPirate

Re: Viking Sky being evacuated off Norway - 03/26/2019 09:14 AM

Check out this article from USA TODAY:

Exclusive: Crew member recounts what happened on that stranded, storm-tossed Viking Sky cruise ship

https://www.usatoday.com/story/trav...look-during-storm-and-rescue/3269597002/

Want to but never have taken a cold weather cruise.......always want that water snorkelable
Posted By: Carol_Hill

Re: Viking Sky being evacuated off Norway - 03/26/2019 01:09 PM

Eric has always wanted to do that cruise around the end of South America, but I even more don't want to do it now!!
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