Viking River Cruise Ship Accident

It has been confirmed that a Viking River cruise ship has been involved in a tragic collision on the Danube River in Hungary.

Viking river cruise ship accident. REUTERSMichaela Rehle Two officers navigating the Viking. All but two of. In June this year multiple bodies were recovered after a tourist boat called The Mermaid sank on the Danube river following a collision with a cruise ship known as the Viking Sigyn.

The accident caused severe damage to Viking Idun especially on her bow and ripped a large hole in the side of the chemical tanker but according to Viking Cruises no passengers were hurt. Viking Idun was sailing from Antwerp to Ghent with 171. The small Hableany Mermaid tour boat collided with the Viking Sigyn river cruise ship on May 29 near the Hungarian Parliament in Budapest.

It occurred on the itinerarys Day 13 while the boat was near Duisburg Germany. The river cruise ship Viking Sigyn collided with a tourist boat carrying 33 South Koreans on the Danube River in Budapest Hungary leaving at least seven people dead. A river cruise ship the Viking Sigyn operated by Viking River Cruises collided with a Hungarian sightseeing boat the Hableany Mermaid operated by the Panorama Boat company on the Danube River.

Viking Idun has a smashed bow and a large gash can be seen on the hull of the tanker Chemical Marketer. The Viking Sigyn collides with the two-deck Mermaid its 33 passengers and two crew seen clearly onboard which capsizes into the river. The vessel first hit a retaining wall then its stern was struck by a small bulk cargo ship.

A n investigation is underway to find out why a Viking Cruises river ship crashed into a bridge in Germany. By Jim Walker on May 30 2019. A Viking longship Viking Idun was in a collision with a tanker carrying petroleum while sailing from Antwerp on the Scheldt river in the early hours of Monday April 1.

The accident occurred at 905 PM on Wednesday when Hungarian sightseeing boat Hableány Mermaid collided with Viking Sigyn a large cruise ship belonging to a Swiss company. River Cruise Tragedy On. 22 women 12 men and a six-year-old girl traveling with her mother and grandparents.