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MV Viking Sky issues Mayday after engine failure during storm

On 23 March 2019, The MV Viking Sky suffered engine failure off the coast of Norway resulting in a partial evacuation by helicopters. The ship had a complete engine failure in a storm in Hustadvika just off the coast between Molde and Kristiansund in Norway and started drifting towards land. Helicopters began to evacuate 1,300 passengers and crew. Five helicopters were sent to the scene to evacuate those on board, although two of them were diverted to rescue the crew of the cargo ship Hagland Captain, which had also suffered an engine failure. The crew of Viking Sky managed to restart one engine and drop anchor but the evacuation continued. "The boat only has one working engine and the winds are rather strong. Therefore we would prefer to have the passengers on land rather than on board the ship," police chief Tor Andre Franck said. By 16:30 (14:30 GMT) on 23 March 2019 about 100 people had been evacuated, with four helicopters involved in the airlift. "It will take time to evacuate everyone," Franck said. The incident occurred mid-afternoon 1.1 nautical miles (2 km) off the Møre og Romsdal area of western Norway. The cruise ship had been en route from Tromsø to Stavanger. There were 1,373 people on board - 915 passengers and 458 crew. As of late evening, fewer than 200 were evacuated. The ship was moving heavily in the storm with furniture sliding back and forth. On 24 March, it was reported that more than 300 passengers had been evacuated. Three of the four engines had been restarted, during the night and evacuation stopped, and Viking Sky was underway and heading for Molde. Sixteen people had been taken to hospital; three of them suffering serious injuries. One expert said that the ship had been around 100 metres (330 ft) from grounding To licence content you've seen on the First Response TV YouTube channel please email: [email protected] Follow on Twitter:   / firstresponsetv   Like on Facebook:   / firstresponsetv   Follow on Instagram:   / firstresponsetv   © First Response TV