Helicopter Evacuation Cruise Ship

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Helicopter evacuation cruise ship. The Viking Sky cruise ship lost power as it sailed toward Stavanger Norway in heavy seas and wind today. Accordingly the helicopter came down low and drew up so that it was keeping pace with the ship. Rescue workers off Norways western coast rushed to evacuate 1300 passengers and crew from a disabled cruise ship by helicopter on Saturday winching them one-by-one to safety as heaving waves.

Stories of the US Coast Guard performing medical evacuations at sea from cruise ships are common. Some travelers believe it is their right to be evacuated from a ship but that is not the case. Passengers were reportedly being hoisted one-by-one by rescue.

The Viking Sky cruise ship sent an SOS due to engine problems in bad weather while police reported 1300 passengers would be evacuated by helicopter. The most common way that helicopters can land on cruise ships is for ships purposely designed for discovery type cruises. Assuming the fleet of 186 cruise ships over 5000 GRT based on the Fairplay database for 1996 remained constant during this 35 year period the evacuation frequency would be 60 x 10-3 per vessel year.

Norwegian media said the majority of the cruise ship passengers were British and American tourists. Rescue teams with five helicopters and boats were sent to evacuate the cruise ship under extremely difficult circumstances including gusts up to 38 knots and waves over 8 metres. Rescue workers off Norways western coast are working to evacuate 1300 passengers and crew from a disabled cruise ship by helicopter as huge waves tossed the vessel ship from side to side in high winds.

They are considered to be complicated high risk operations as they involve personnel equipment and crafts other than vessels and they demand accuracy training and. Two US tourists are evacuated from cruise ship off the coast of Argentina by naval helicopter after they began vomiting BLOOD. Helicopter operations are commonly used on ships for crew changes Pilot transfer embarkation and disembarkation emergency situations as MEDEVAC medical evacuation andor rescue.

Wild seas slow helicopter evacuation of cruise ship off Norway. By 430 pm 1230 AM Sunday AEST 100 people had been evacuated with each helicopter able to take 15-20 people per airlift. Helicopter evacuation by Finnish Frontier Guard from Adventure of the Seas in the Finnish Archipelago.