This Is How It Feels To Be In A Sinking Ship- Viking Sky Survivors

You must have heard of Titanic. If not the story, then the Titanic movie which features how titanic happened. Titanic was a British passenger ship that sank in North Atlantic ocean in 1912 after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton to new york. Estimated 2,224 passengers and crew on board. more than 1500 died making Titanic the deadliest commercial marine accidents

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The Titanic movie is quite emotional and scary at the same time. watching people die of cold waters, watching them in distress of facing death face to face with no escape plan. Have you ever thought of being in the same scenario? How does it feel to be in the middle of deep waters, then suddenly the ship begins to sink? See how a sinking ship was

troubled Viking sky ship

A similar scenario occurred on Saturday, 24th whereby a cruise ship, The Viking Sky lost power and sent out a distress signal after it started drifting towards the land. The ship had 1373 passengers on board. A cruise ship got into trouble off the Norwegian coast while en route to Stavanger from Tromso

Thanks to technology and major communications advancements, 500 out of 1373 were airlifted amidst bad weather. However, 3 out of its 4 engines were later restarted and the vessel stabilized.

How did it feel to be in the sinking ship

Derek Browne, from southern England, who was traveling with his wife Esther told major media house that the ship had been “rolling and rolling” all night on Friday before losing engine power on Saturday.

He said being airlifted to safety was “quite a frightening experience”.

George Davis, from Manchester, said he and his wife Barbara waited 10 hours to be rescued.

“It was a very scary event”, he said, adding: “Locals tell us they were amazed that we sailed into the teeth of a storm they knew was coming”.

British passenger Derek Browne: ‘We were told Mayday Mayday!’

In footage from the ship, passengers wearing life jackets are seen waiting to be rescued.

The former South African cricketer Graeme Smith said his parents had been among those airlifted to safety.

Twitter post by @GraemeSmith49: Thanks everyone, parents airlifted off safe and being assessed. Thank you to cruise staff and rescue workers.Appreciate everyone’s support and messages. 🙏🙏

One of those still on board, Lara from Birmingham in the UK, said “the crew were magnificent and have kept the remaining passengers safe, warm and fed”.

The Viking Sky is a Viking Ocean Cruises ship, which had its maiden voyage in 2017.

The company said “throughout all of this, our first priority was for the safety and wellbeing of our passengers and our crew”.

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