Reason why no one died is because the captain was not ashamed to issue a mayday and abandon ship and life saving measures to stabilize the ship for rescue operations.
@@Randomdude21-e "...should never taken that route...". Dude.....what are you talking about...??? That's the only option if you shall follow the coast.
God's protection is what we always need. Especially in these situations. Please advice on cruising at winds up to 120 km per hour from Kiel to Oslo. It is so scary. The cruise does not want to cancel. The cruise is scheduled for 15 Oct 2022 and the weather forecast predicts storms starting from 14th till 18th AL least. We think to skip it all together. I don't wanna be traumatized
Years ago on a November Crossing on the QE2 and we hit a Depression in the Sea with 40+ft waves & troughs. It went on for 2 Days as the Captain tried to navigate out and around the Depression which he finally succeeded. But the chronic Rolling and up/down and the loud, crack and booming sounds as the Ship groaned as it battled was truly something to experience. I'll never forget the night when I looked out my Porthole in State Room. Being many stories above water line, it was terrifying when that night I looked out. Instead of looking way down, it took me a few seconds to adjust my eyes & realize I was facing a huge wall of water - the wall of a Wave! I had to crane my neck to try and see the TOP of the Wave! Incredible. If someone said 40 ft wave, I would have no idea how big that really was until I actually saw it. omg. It is HUGE! and those Waves make HUGE Troughs that you fall into. 2 Days of rolling every few minutes felt like 2 years. I can really feel for these Folks having a similar experience. EXCEPT we were xtra lucky we didn't lose our Engines and kept plowing on, our Captain keeping us from going Broadside!. And we weren't traveling thru ICY waters. Nor did we have the threat of Rocks only 100 yards away!!! Terrifying and impressed how calm Passengers remained not to mention the ease of the Helicopter Rescue - they all seemed like Pro's who did that every day! I remember how vulnerable I felt & the reality that we were just a speck in the Ocean so I can't imagine the thoughts that these people had minute to minute. wow.
Having sailed around the world several times on various cruise ships throughout my career--and worked on some ships with some Captains that I never would again for safety issues--I have to give kudos to the Captain and his crew on how they handled the situation. Yes, they probably shouldn't have left port in such weather, but on that we don't know the behind the scenes decision making process.
It's not really a mystery, the decision to leave in bad weather that even the local fisherman could’ve told you it wasn’t a good idea came strictly down to money.
@@evansmcnerney6328 I have a question; Do you use car or buses or do you drive?? Because from facts: the safest mode of transportation is air. If u choose to fly, you've increased your chances of arriving safe by 100 times as opposed to driving a car. Yesterday there was 3500 people who died on the road and it's been this way everyday since the start of the 21st century... If someone is to avoid any transport means due to safety, the first thing is to avoid the roads by all means. Cruising is far safer and flying is more than safe as the word safe goes. A hard fact
I'm Swedish and was 9 years old when the MS Estonia sank in the baltic sea in 1994. To this day I remember news reports about it and seeing clips from the rescue efforts on the news filmed from a heliopter and seeing the rough seas below and knowing hundreds of people died there. It traumatized me for life! That said, I still want to take the ferry over to Helsinki from Stockholm sometime, and I still want to try cruising because a lot has changed for the better both since the sinking of the Titanic and the MS Estonia all those years later. Viking is currently my first choice cruiseline wise unless my first cruise ends up being Hurtigruten because it's not too far away from Sweden, on the other hand it can be a bit of a hassle to get to and from Bergen or Kirkenes so maybe I'd be better off with a Mediterranean cruise with Viking or another line that could fit me. I just know that I will not cruise with any Italian cruise line because I feel Italian ships have been involved in a bit too many disasters, and I wouldn't cruise with Costa even if I was paid to because of how things were handled with the Costa Concordia. Viking on the other hand seems to have good routines, and I know Hurtigruten does as they had issues with one of their ships some years ago down by Antarctica and managed to keep everyone alive and well even unser such circumstances
Imagine this: I was 7 yrs old and on my way to the UK for a familytrip. My mom threw a tantrum about the ferry once she saw it and refused to go on board. My dad mad as hell. A few hours later in some road café looking for some snacks because of rowdy and hungry kids on the backseat, the bartender turned up the radio and it announced that a certain Herald of Free Enterprise had capsized. My mom started to wail out loud, smothering the life out of my sister and me. And dad just looking as white as a sheet mumbling ‘damn… god Damn…’. Everytime I board a ferry (for Corsica or Elba) it has to be kept a secret for my mom or else she starts to call non stop demanding you look if the doors are shut, the captain sober, to count the lifejackets and so on.
After watching this, if I were ever to step foot on board a cruise ship ( I'm not!) it would be a Viking Lines ship. The captain, a highly experienced seamen, Bengt-owe Gustafsson and his executive crew made all of the right decisions in order to prevent tragedy. His decision to declare an emergency early on, the ability to drop and set the anchor in such conditions, the ability of the engineers to ultimately restart three engines and the decision to air lift passengers rather than use the lifeboats in such a compromising situation reflect excellent captaincy and crew resource management. Typical of tabloid television is the exclusion of the fact that the ship including its staff and most of the paying passengers, made it back to port under the ship's own steam and with nothing more than superficial damage. The cause of the engine failures were determined to be lubrication issues. The engines were determined to have been operating within manufacturer's specifications at the time. To my knowledge, no action was ever taken against the captain. The ship, Viking Sky, remains in service to this day.
Except the decision of sailing out that day when EVERYONE else staying in port due to weather warnings. I live in Kristiansund, the neighbouring city where the Viking Sky was eventually moved for repair and the day the Viking Sky sailed out, the ports were end to end filled with Oil supply boats, fishing boats and cruise liners. The Viking Sky chose to sail. The knowledge of the crew and captain is what saved lives, i agree there, but the greed of the owner who decided to order the ship to sail despite the warning are what cause the incident in the first place. I don't think any legal action was taken either, i havent followed up since 2019, but i know the company was billed for the rescue operation since they sailed despite warnings not to.
@@renehoyvik The decision to sail was certainly questionable and despite commercial pressures, the responsibility for the ship and the passenger's well being ultimately lies with the captain.
@@davidbrayshaw3529 And there I agree. The job the crew and captain did in an emergency situation was astonishing. I just think it should never have happened. Like it did not with all the other ships docked that day. But if i should end up in an emergency, of no fault of anyone, i would definitely wish it was on a Viking vessel.
@@renehoyvik Prevention is always the best cure. The skillset of the captain a crew are unquestionable in this instance but as you are well aware, in so many endeavours it's what you can't see that is the greatest demonstrator of skill. Choosing not to sail in adverse conditions is a good example. If ever I board a ship, it will be a Viking Lines vessel. If I see you there, I'll buy you a beer.
True! They flew 19 hours straight taking 12 passangers at a time, while also rescuing the crew of another capsized vessel in the same area at the same time.
To tell you the truth, the best is to watch these videos and learn from the survivors. Trust your instincts, try feel out for the ship if listing. Make yourself familiar with the layout from day 1, and have escape plans incase. That is what I would do in your shoes.
Hahahahaha..... U are smart. I realized In life that the definition of the word money and love have the same meaning..... It's rare to see a couple grow apart as their wealth grows. And the opposite is true😄😃😄. Keeping factors constant, money is definitely love 😃😂
@@PeterJohnJnb Nope .... that was not an attempt of a joke or trying to be "clever". People who drag religion into everything seriously frightens me, in the way that they seem to have thrown over board the ability to rational and critical thinking. Religion hasn't exactly brought the world forward. One must be in coma not to register all the conflicts, control over people and oppression caused by religion ....all over the world. So indeed that was no joke it is really something to be worried about.
What gracious people. And what an important point made by the captain. Cruise lines are in the entertainment business. More attention needs to be paid to the sea faring skills of the crew. Actually, that very fact might well have been a factor in the sinking of the Titanic.
As a Norwegian my first thought was this: What "genius" decided to pass over Hustavika in bad weather, local fishermen do not, but some "genius" profit hungry cruiseline does.....silly! Glad nobody got seriously hurt or died. Let it be a lesson, not to go over Hustavika in bad weather
I believe that this is the point of this cruise, which is crazy. To simulate what the Vikings went through on their routes around this part of the world. More realistic than most people were expecting. No matter how safe these ships appear to be these particular waters are very dangerous, I am glad that it wasn’t like the Titanic in the end.
You must be quite clueless when it comes to ship traffic and bad weather. The weather that day was by no means unusual. To compare sea capability for a small local fishing boat with a large cruise ship (228 m long and 47800 dwt ) show that you are completely lost. The pilot (losen) that followed that ship stated that the weather was not an issue at all for a ship of that size. Southbound Hurtigrute did stay in harbour, but that has nothing with the lack of confidence in the sea capability of their ship. They do it only for the comfort of the passengers. Later year has more and more tourists discovered that Hurtigruten also are a destination in winter time. So in the last 10-15 years has Hurtigruten stayed in harbour in bad weather because of the "problem" with these sensitive tourists. Before that time did Hurtigruten go out in any weather. I have lots of times travelled with Hurtigruten (and other ships) in much worse weather ....and that on sea stretches like Hustadvika and Stad. ....and I will add that Hurtigruten have done their year around sailings along the the coast for a BIT MORE than a few days. I can also add that the Hurtigruten ship are far smaller than the cruise ship. Bad weather is a thing along Norway's coast. If we shall have ship traffic at all along the coast ....well....then.... those ships which are used must be capable to deal with any weather situation. Have a look at the web-site to Vesselfinder on a day with storm....and you will discover how many ships there are out there. By the way: It was a failure from the engine producer MAN that caused the incidence. Not the weather ...and not the crew ....and not the company. Next time inform yourself a bit better before blaming someone.....
In Winter 2019 our ferry in the mediterranien sea got cancled due to weather so we boarded one 24h earlier. I still remember reading all the emergency signs carefully and remembering where (childrens) lifevests were stored while calming myself down and entertaining the kids. It was definitly an adventure but not nearly as frightning as that.
I could not imagine how terrifying it would be to see water coming in and just sitting there with your life jacket just waiting for tragedy. Something straight out of a nightmare.
I would think so too.. esp when you know what's waiting outside.. If you survive the first part, you now need to survive, cold, wet, small & scared batteling against that storms fury.. The risk of hypothermia is much much bigger & it goes so much faster when you are wet/in cold water, than if you only were subjected to cold air.. I can promise you, the gulf steeem dosen't help you there! The water isn't in any way warm. And the raiging winds make it worse feally fast, making the outside tempeture feel much colder than it is. The conditions were so bad outside that you really quickly get cold lims, making it really hard to move, hold on to anything an so on.. And by that, making survival that much harder. The odds are strongly against you.. If you get in the water, it is about minutes before you go unconscious & stop moving, if you don't have a lifewest on then, well it's game over.. The worst part is how small & helpless you feel against nature & the sea, not knowing what isnwaiting or happening, no control over your situation.. The main priority in that situation should be: as always in a crisis, try to keep calm, and try to keep yourself as warm & dry as possible!
I've been on ships from England to both Denmark and Germany and I can tell you for sure that the North Sea is one of most ferocious bodies of water on the planet......... on our journey to Germany, we were in the restaurant, which is only one level below the top deck, and the waves were crashing against the windows next to our table...... it was unbelievable!!!
What luxuries do adults give themselves, and it is also a risk to go on a cruise, knowing that the sea and nature, have very severe climatic changes and not where to go, just wait for the storm to calm down or be rescued .. Thank God everyone is fine ...
A little over four minutes in and I don't know how much more I can watch of this since they keep showing the blurry images which make my eyes feel like they're crossed .
Watch the daughters face when they are on the facetime call. When mom says ,"I would have drown" you see a bunch of emotions move across the daughters face.
Between this and the reckless - lawless even - missing persons investigations (many go missing on cruise ships), it's no wonder this industry hasn't been made accountable.
That old boy captain he has the measure of it without saying too much - The captain was too close didn't deal with correctly. Being 100 meters from the rocks and then dropping anchor is crazy and it's miracle they made it...
Talk about an exaggerated video. If you sail where the seas are treacherous you can expect something bad might happen. The captain and crew did everything right and that saved lives.
MY Nephew's Son is Chief Engineer on a supply ship to the oil platforms in the north sea their home port is in Denmark 30 Days on 30 Days off. He has sent me some videos while in the North Sea WOW 🤗 Even a trained Mariner gets Scared 😳
Scary..had a similar experience on a Viking Cruise in a North Sea storm..it is a dangerous body of water prone to severe storms with extremely rough seas
Icon of the seas 2023 is 250.000 tons 385 meters long that’s almost half a kilometre now when that man said it’s a matter of time before a disaster on one of these ships he is not wrong.
The voice of the captain speaking is not original (authentic). This has been experience for a lifetime and it made me stronger as a person. The mayday was an intelligent choice. We all got prepared in no time, all of us the staff helped the people in need. At the beginning of the disaster, we all got so much adrenaline and it kept me thinking straight. I would gladly go back on a cruise, now there is a deeper connection between me and the sea. As I consider going back on a cruise, it may be helpful to reflect on what I learned from this experience and what steps I can take to feel prepared and safe in the future. But it's also important to remember that each trip is unique and I can't predict what will happen, so it's important to stay mindful and respectful.
I know people will think I’m crazy, but I’m terrified of open sea. I’m fine on a boat as long as I can see land! 🤣🤣🤣 The idea of getting on a cruise ship is so far out of my scope, I don’t even think of it. Love to watch others taking cruises and enjoying seeing the ships………but!!
What’s with the fogged out videos sound like we’re seeing somebody cut it in half I could see in the background. It’s a picture of chairs moving on deck and the waves on the other side of the window of the ship why would you have to fog the videos for that kind of aggravating
Although I love cruising, I’m calling sailing quits for a while. People are not taking their jobs seriously these days. From preparing food to cleaning cabins…I’m skeptical. People are weird these days! 🤦🏽♀️
Flying is infinitely safer than driving, I've flown since a small child, all my life, business and pleasure, been just fine, I'm not a fan of flying, isn't my favorite thing to do but in terms of practicality and efficiency hell yes, I'm an educated woman, I realize the odds of a plane crash are extraordinarily high, I was involved in 6 bad car crashes in 9 months, none my fault, the last accident was life altering and disabling, I still fly, hate driving....so very simple to decide, I'm guessing you've never flown, the metal tube analogy is outdated, not alot of metal in standard fuselage anymore, it's all composites and such...
Airlines have to be able to evacuate in under 90 seconds. Cruise ships: 12 HOURS? And why are they so freakin’ tall? Titanic didn’t have seven levels over its center of gravity and the passenger count was in excess of 2,000. This one? 1,300 because every cabin has to be above decks? I think it’ll be a frigid day in Hades when I board a cruise ship.
There are so many differences between air crafts and ships. A ship sinks a lot slower (there are events that are exceptions - usually due to mismanagement) and risk of sudden explosion is lower. 12 hours might be a stretch for evacuation but a couple of hours would be fair.
Personally, I'd prefer 12 hours to work out what to do for myself and family on a Cruise ship that hits something near land than an aircraft fault or conditions in the sky falling and much less chance of survival... Ever been in emergency situation in an aircraft during a Typhoon? When the stewardesses start closing the window blinds you know something is happenong and begin silent prayer
You show a complete collapse in logic. Ok....let's say an air plane survive a landing on water....then all 300 passengers evacuate in 90 sec.... well....and then what...??? Wake up dude....the passenger has evacuated into the water ....were they for sure will not survive swimming around in the sea with the freezing temperatures and 10 meter waves as in the video. Theoretically they could do the same idiotic stunt from a ship by order all 1300 passenger to to jump over board into the water ...in just 10 to 15 sec. But for what...??? ....it is pointless since no one will survive something like that. The only time the passengers can survive an evacuation is if the air plane is safely put down on dry land. Since passenger ships do not operate normally on land it is difficult to ask the passenger just to jump out and take a walk on dry land.
@@erwin2938 wrong on that, the weather forcast told bad weather next day, the Norwegian ship called Hurtigruten didn't leave the Bay that day, they cancelled it cause of it and it's a big cruiseship as well not so big as Viking Sky but still, they didn't risk it but Viking Sky did and ignored the Weathercast told and that's how they get it. Luckily it went okay and no fatal in this.
Yes crew members aren't experienced enough to face rescue and crowd management in the proper way, because they are treated like second hand people As a former crew member I can say that cruise lines don't make an effort to retain their crew, they fire people for the most ridiculous reasons just to please shore side and passengers, or to make an example out of you. No industry treats their employees as expendable as this one. They make such big money they don't mind to buy a flight ticket to send you back home anywhere in the world. Let alone the fact the Safety certificates are mostly issued in land by smoochers that only want your money. The real training you do onboard is less valuable than those purchased on land, just ridiculous. Yes another disaster is round the corner, we just don't know when
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Reason why no one died is because the captain was not ashamed to issue a mayday and abandon ship and life saving measures to stabilize the ship for rescue operations.
He should never taken that route in this wether. No fisherman does this its a dangerous place in bad wether
I dunno about which direction to take & what not take, but absolutely props to the captain like you said 👏 🙌
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@@Randomdude21-e "...should never taken that route...". Dude.....what are you talking about...???
That's the only option if you shall follow the coast.
@@Dan-fo9dk i live here. People respect that place and avoid it in bad weather
Great respect for the captain for saving all lives by calling mayday in time.
Imagine what sailors faced back in 1700s. Sailing is some skill.
Yeah but they didnt have cruise Ships back then
Plus smaller ships
I love the couples who were interviewed. I’m so happy that they’re here to tell their story ❤️
They are. Cute as buttons. Love that they are still here to chuckle about it. ❤
Scary! Huge respect to the captain for calling it when they did.
This captain is an absolute lord... mad respect to him
I was the crew....We were all Strong and God was with us.. plus we had the Guest who all supported each and everyone of us... 💪👍
Good on you and your work mates. So glad you're all o. K. 👍🇬🇧
God Bless you and everyone on board, so thankful everyone was okay…..🙏🏻
Do you still working on ship?
God's protection is what we always need. Especially in these situations. Please advice on cruising at winds up to 120 km per hour from Kiel to Oslo. It is so scary. The cruise does not want to cancel. The cruise is scheduled for 15 Oct 2022 and the weather forecast predicts storms starting from 14th till 18th AL least. We think to skip it all together. I don't wanna be traumatized
Way to go man ❤
Years ago on a November Crossing on the QE2 and we hit a Depression in the Sea with 40+ft waves & troughs. It went on for 2 Days as the Captain tried to navigate out and around the Depression which he finally succeeded. But the chronic Rolling and up/down and the loud, crack and booming sounds as the Ship groaned as it battled was truly something to experience. I'll never forget the night when I looked out my Porthole in State Room. Being many stories above water line, it was terrifying when that night I looked out. Instead of looking way down, it took me a few seconds to adjust my eyes & realize I was facing a huge wall of water - the wall of a Wave! I had to crane my neck to try and see the TOP of the Wave! Incredible. If someone said 40 ft wave, I would have no idea how big that really was until I actually saw it. omg. It is HUGE! and those Waves make HUGE Troughs that you fall into. 2 Days of rolling every few minutes felt like 2 years.
I can really feel for these Folks having a similar experience. EXCEPT we were xtra lucky we didn't lose our Engines and kept plowing on, our Captain keeping us from going Broadside!. And we weren't traveling thru ICY waters. Nor did we have the threat of Rocks only 100 yards away!!! Terrifying and impressed how calm Passengers remained not to mention the ease of the Helicopter Rescue - they all seemed like Pro's who did that every day! I remember how vulnerable I felt & the reality that we were just a speck in the Ocean so I can't imagine the thoughts that these people had minute to minute. wow.
Having sailed around the world several times on various cruise ships throughout my career--and worked on some ships with some Captains that I never would again for safety issues--I have to give kudos to the Captain and his crew on how they handled the situation. Yes, they probably shouldn't have left port in such weather, but on that we don't know the behind the scenes decision making process.
That’s my question! Aren’t they aware of the weather conditions beforehand?!!
@@erikarobinson3557 They are, but unless he's directed otherwise by the home office, it's the Captain's call.
@@glenn-younger Oh got ya!
It's not really a mystery, the decision to leave in bad weather that even the local fisherman could’ve told you it wasn’t a good idea came strictly down to money.
It’s all about profit
I have watched too many of these videos now to ever want to cruise anywhere.
It’s just depends on where and what season
Try watching plane disasters and see how many are due to human error mostly maintenance errors . I don't fly I don't cruise
Cruises are beautiful. I think one to the Bahamas with me ex leach . Love it
@@evansmcnerney6328 I have a question;
Do you use car or buses or do you drive??
Because from facts: the safest mode of transportation is air. If u choose to fly, you've increased your chances of arriving safe by 100 times as opposed to driving a car. Yesterday there was 3500 people who died on the road and it's been this way everyday since the start of the 21st century...
If someone is to avoid any transport means due to safety, the first thing is to avoid the roads by all means. Cruising is far safer and flying is more than safe as the word safe goes.
A hard fact
Don't think anyone that's scared to go on a ship or fly should be allowed to go in a car because cars are far more dangerous 😂😂😂😂
Soooo thankful everyone was okay and thankful those anchors held!!! God Bless all the crew AND the passengers!! ❤️🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻
Amazing rescue mission🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻can’t believe they air lifted 500 passengers one by one until the seas calmed. The grace of God.
so god made the weather so he can show you how mighty he is to save 500 passengers ? I like your logic
@@kennethken8974 I like your sarcasm ;o)
@@davidcattin7006 trying to analyse how people use their mind
Why didn’t God turn the engines back on instead?
I'm Swedish and was 9 years old when the MS Estonia sank in the baltic sea in 1994. To this day I remember news reports about it and seeing clips from the rescue efforts on the news filmed from a heliopter and seeing the rough seas below and knowing hundreds of people died there. It traumatized me for life! That said, I still want to take the ferry over to Helsinki from Stockholm sometime, and I still want to try cruising because a lot has changed for the better both since the sinking of the Titanic and the MS Estonia all those years later.
Viking is currently my first choice cruiseline wise unless my first cruise ends up being Hurtigruten because it's not too far away from Sweden, on the other hand it can be a bit of a hassle to get to and from Bergen or Kirkenes so maybe I'd be better off with a Mediterranean cruise with Viking or another line that could fit me. I just know that I will not cruise with any Italian cruise line because I feel Italian ships have been involved in a bit too many disasters, and I wouldn't cruise with Costa even if I was paid to because of how things were handled with the Costa Concordia.
Viking on the other hand seems to have good routines, and I know Hurtigruten does as they had issues with one of their ships some years ago down by Antarctica and managed to keep everyone alive and well even unser such circumstances
I totally agree, you should come to Finland it's nice here
Imagine this: I was 7 yrs old and on my way to the UK for a familytrip. My mom threw a tantrum about the ferry once she saw it and refused to go on board. My dad mad as hell. A few hours later in some road café looking for some snacks because of rowdy and hungry kids on the backseat, the bartender turned up the radio and it announced that a certain Herald of Free Enterprise had capsized. My mom started to wail out loud, smothering the life out of my sister and me. And dad just looking as white as a sheet mumbling ‘damn… god Damn…’. Everytime I board a ferry (for Corsica or Elba) it has to be kept a secret for my mom or else she starts to call non stop demanding you look if the doors are shut, the captain sober, to count the lifejackets and so on.
Well done job by Captain and the crew.👍
After watching this, if I were ever to step foot on board a cruise ship ( I'm not!) it would be a Viking Lines ship.
The captain, a highly experienced seamen, Bengt-owe Gustafsson and his executive crew made all of the right decisions in order to prevent tragedy. His decision to declare an emergency early on, the ability to drop and set the anchor in such conditions, the ability of the engineers to ultimately restart three engines and the decision to air lift passengers rather than use the lifeboats in such a compromising situation reflect excellent captaincy and crew resource management.
Typical of tabloid television is the exclusion of the fact that the ship including its staff and most of the paying passengers, made it back to port under the ship's own steam and with nothing more than superficial damage.
The cause of the engine failures were determined to be lubrication issues. The engines were determined to have been operating within manufacturer's specifications at the time. To my knowledge, no action was ever taken against the captain. The ship, Viking Sky, remains in service to this day.
The Lord was watching over all of you and protected you!
Except the decision of sailing out that day when EVERYONE else staying in port due to weather warnings.
I live in Kristiansund, the neighbouring city where the Viking Sky was eventually moved for repair and the day the Viking Sky sailed out, the ports were end to end filled with Oil supply boats, fishing boats and cruise liners. The Viking Sky chose to sail.
The knowledge of the crew and captain is what saved lives, i agree there, but the greed of the owner who decided to order the ship to sail despite the warning are what cause the incident in the first place. I don't think any legal action was taken either, i havent followed up since 2019, but i know the company was billed for the rescue operation since they sailed despite warnings not to.
@@renehoyvik The decision to sail was certainly questionable and despite commercial pressures, the responsibility for the ship and the passenger's well being ultimately lies with the captain.
@@davidbrayshaw3529 And there I agree. The job the crew and captain did in an emergency situation was astonishing.
I just think it should never have happened. Like it did not with all the other ships docked that day.
But if i should end up in an emergency, of no fault of anyone, i would definitely wish it was on a Viking vessel.
@@renehoyvik Prevention is always the best cure. The skillset of the captain a crew are unquestionable in this instance but as you are well aware, in so many endeavours it's what you can't see that is the greatest demonstrator of skill. Choosing not to sail in adverse conditions is a good example. If ever I board a ship, it will be a Viking Lines vessel. If I see you there, I'll buy you a beer.
The helicopter crew were the real hero’s!💕♥️❤️❤️🙏
True! They flew 19 hours straight taking 12 passangers at a time, while also rescuing the crew of another capsized vessel in the same area at the same time.
🙏🏾❤️
the engineers who restored power were the real heroes
I’m going on a cruise in 2023 and idk why I’m scaring myself with this.
You’ll be alright. These things are uncommon, and even if anything does happen just remember to stay calm and keep a clear head.
To tell you the truth, the best is to watch these videos and learn from the survivors. Trust your instincts, try feel out for the ship if listing. Make yourself familiar with the layout from day 1, and have escape plans incase. That is what I would do in your shoes.
@@notamusedboosh Alright, thank you very much for the tip!
Same, I’m going on 14 days, and watching this
Me too....this ship in 2023 around the world.
It was heartwarming to see those old couples. Love still exists 😍I guess money also helps 😁
Hahahahaha..... U are smart. I realized In life that the definition of the word money and love have the same meaning.....
It's rare to see a couple grow apart as their wealth grows. And the opposite is true😄😃😄.
Keeping factors constant, money is definitely love 😃😂
Da ship sinking…
@@mugumyapaultheafricannomad9488 - Money is love ONLY if you are a total LOSER.
I refuse to go on a cruise ship. I'm fine with boating but something about how far out to sea they go freaks me out.
God bless! Wow I went on a cruise to Mexico and it was great I can't imagine these people dealing with their dream cruise turned into a nightmare!
What frightens me WAY more than going to sea.....is reading the some of these comments. Lord have mercy..........
The thing that frightens me most is these completely brainwashed people that goes around and drag their Lord-crap into everything and every situation.
@@Dan-fo9dk such a clever comment, I hope you got out of it exactly what you meant to.
@@PeterJohnJnb Nope .... that was not an attempt of a joke or trying to be "clever". People who drag religion into everything seriously frightens me, in the way that they seem to have thrown over board the ability to rational and critical thinking. Religion hasn't exactly brought the world forward. One must be in coma not to register all the conflicts, control over people and oppression caused by religion ....all over the world. So indeed that was no joke it is really something to be worried about.
What gracious people. And what an important point made by the captain. Cruise lines are in the entertainment business. More attention needs to be paid to the sea faring skills of the crew. Actually, that very fact might well have been a factor in the sinking of the Titanic.
Segundo as pesquisas mais recentes, o Titanic já saiu do porto com avarias no seu casco.
As a Norwegian my first thought was this: What "genius" decided to pass over Hustavika in bad weather, local fishermen do not, but some "genius" profit hungry cruiseline does.....silly!
Glad nobody got seriously hurt or died.
Let it be a lesson, not to go over Hustavika in bad weather
Viking should have refunded all the passengers who were forced to endure this mess...people are more important than money!
@@blessingjohnchelliah4317 did they not?
I believe that this is the point of this cruise, which is crazy. To simulate what the Vikings went through on their routes around this part of the world. More realistic than most people were expecting. No matter how safe these ships appear to be these particular waters are very dangerous, I am glad that it wasn’t like the Titanic in the end.
@@christienelson1437 LOL! if that was the case, using a propper ship made of propper materials like a wooden longship would be best hehe
You must be quite clueless when it comes to ship traffic and bad weather. The weather that day was by no means unusual. To compare sea capability for a small local fishing boat with a large cruise ship (228 m long and 47800 dwt ) show that you are completely lost.
The pilot (losen) that followed that ship stated that the weather was not an issue at all for a ship of that size. Southbound Hurtigrute did stay in harbour, but that has nothing with the lack of confidence in the sea capability of their ship. They do it only for the comfort of the passengers. Later year has more and more tourists discovered that Hurtigruten also are a destination in winter time. So in the last 10-15 years has Hurtigruten stayed in harbour in bad weather because of the "problem" with these sensitive tourists. Before that time did Hurtigruten go out in any weather. I have lots of times travelled with Hurtigruten (and other ships) in much worse weather ....and that on sea stretches like Hustadvika and Stad. ....and I will add that Hurtigruten have done their year around sailings along the the coast for a BIT MORE than a few days. I can also add that the Hurtigruten ship are far smaller than the cruise ship.
Bad weather is a thing along Norway's coast. If we shall have ship traffic at all along the coast ....well....then.... those ships which are used must be capable to deal with any weather situation. Have a look at the web-site to Vesselfinder on a day with storm....and you will discover how many ships there are out there.
By the way: It was a failure from the engine producer MAN that caused the incidence. Not the weather ...and not the crew ....and not the company. Next time inform yourself a bit better before blaming someone.....
Why are the sliding furnitures blurred out?
😂😂😂
IKR? I watched a video right before that showed it clearly moving back and forth. Weird.
In Winter 2019 our ferry in the mediterranien sea got cancled due to weather so we boarded one 24h earlier. I still remember reading all the emergency signs carefully and remembering where (childrens) lifevests were stored while calming myself down and entertaining the kids. It was definitly an adventure but not nearly as frightning as that.
I could not imagine how terrifying it would be to see water coming in and just sitting there with your life jacket just waiting for tragedy. Something straight out of a nightmare.
My grandmother's friends were on this cruise. They said they were certain they were going to die. They still crusie though 😅
I would think so too.. esp when you know what's waiting outside..
If you survive the first part, you now need to survive, cold, wet, small & scared batteling against that storms fury..
The risk of hypothermia is much much bigger & it goes so much faster when you are wet/in cold water, than if you only were subjected to cold air.. I can promise you, the gulf steeem dosen't help you there! The water isn't in any way warm. And the raiging winds make it worse feally fast, making the outside tempeture feel much colder than it is.
The conditions were so bad outside that you really quickly get cold lims, making it really hard to move, hold on to anything an so on.. And by that, making survival that much harder.
The odds are strongly against you..
If you get in the water, it is about minutes before you go unconscious & stop moving, if you don't have a lifewest on then, well it's game over..
The worst part is how small & helpless you feel against nature & the sea, not knowing what isnwaiting or happening, no control over your situation..
The main priority in that situation should be: as always in a crisis, try to keep calm, and try to keep yourself as warm & dry as possible!
Can you think of a better way to die?
Hospital and Remdesivir doesn't sound like fun...
We just had almost 4,000 people on ours aboard. I don’t see 4,000 ever evacuated safely 😳
I've been on ships from England to both Denmark and Germany and I can tell you for sure that the North Sea is one of most ferocious bodies of water on the planet......... on our journey to Germany, we were in the restaurant, which is only one level below the top deck, and the waves were crashing against the windows next to our table...... it was unbelievable!!!
Moral of the story - stay at home.Because the whole world is at home !
Ya don’t worry...big corporations know how to keep you safe. Their investors demand it.
Lol I hope you're saying that sarcastically.
What luxuries do adults give themselves, and it is also a risk to go on a cruise, knowing that the sea and nature, have very severe climatic changes and not where to go, just wait for the storm to calm down or be rescued .. Thank God everyone is fine ...
I've gone on many cruises. Covid stops me more now. This is terrible, but rare. Covid on a cruise ship is practically a promise.
I cruised in 2016 4 years prior to COVID but my first my thought after getting sick on day 3 of 7 was "this ship is a floating petri dish"
We just went, and no one even got a cold.
A little over four minutes in and I don't know how much more I can watch of this since they keep showing the blurry images which make my eyes feel like they're crossed .
Thank God He spared their lives.
Grandma very blunt "I would have drowned darling"
Watch the daughters face when they are on the facetime call. When mom says ,"I would have drown" you see a bunch of emotions move across the daughters face.
We avoided another Costa Concordia so it really worked out well in this case.
Between this and the reckless - lawless even - missing persons investigations (many go missing on cruise ships), it's no wonder this industry hasn't been made accountable.
God Bless All These People & Crew!
Was so much of the footage blurred intentionally? If so it's a really bad stylistic choice.
That old boy captain he has the measure of it without saying too much - The captain was too close didn't deal with correctly. Being 100 meters from the rocks and then dropping anchor is crazy and it's miracle they made it...
Thank God it turned out O. K. Those poor elderly people!! They're all made of stern stuff right?!!
Talk about an exaggerated video. If you sail where the seas are treacherous you can expect something bad might happen. The captain and crew did everything right and that saved lives.
Why blur the videos
Terrible but why are the videos of stuff moving around all blurred even when theres no people in the shot?
That man who worrying only about the pocker cards holding em in place on the table 😂😂😂😂
Well…. No cruise for me…. This has changed my mind….
So the other people remained inside the ship? So was it that terrible?
“And I said, oh golly, that’s a lot of weight” 😂
MY Nephew's Son is Chief Engineer on a supply ship to the oil platforms in the north sea
their home port is in Denmark 30 Days on 30 Days off. He has sent me some videos
while in the North Sea WOW 🤗 Even a trained Mariner gets Scared 😳
Why is portions of footage all blurred out?! Better to not include at all then...
It happened with that ship where soooo many Korean students died - and it was only a ferry - imagine with a cruise ship like that
Dude on the floor @8:18 is like, "Hell no! I'm not letting go of this hand! It's a royal flush!"
Scary..had a similar experience on a Viking Cruise in a North Sea storm..it is a dangerous body of water prone to severe storms with extremely rough seas
Icon of the seas 2023 is 250.000 tons 385 meters long that’s almost half a kilometre now when that man said it’s a matter of time before a disaster on one of these ships he is not wrong.
Thank god they only see northern lights if something else happens they have to see the lights of heaven 😢😢
Everyone ever in the Navy:
"I've seen worse."
Captains a hero. All these ships die because of cowardly captains but not here
God bless the Captain 🙏
We just saw the Viking Sky in the bay of Kotor, didn't know it had such history behind. 😁
Iconic last of us score in the background
Watching these videos before my cruise trip is scary 😟
Who is voicing this news report. Cue the drama.
Why blur footage out!!
Right? Chairs and tables sliding across a floor aren't going to traumatize me. I wasn't on the ship
I don't know. I just watched other videos that showed it all clearly. Weird.
My dad and his wife were on that. They still suffer from PTSD.
💔 I hope time heals all their wounds
4:50 what happened to the lady’s arm
Why is so much of this footage blurred-out?
Gods way of saying we should stay put ♥️
Not one life was lost❤
The voice of the captain speaking is not original (authentic). This has been experience for a lifetime and it made me stronger as a person. The mayday was an intelligent choice. We all got prepared in no time, all of us the staff helped the people in need. At the beginning of the disaster, we all got so much adrenaline and it kept me thinking straight. I would gladly go back on a cruise, now there is a deeper connection between me and the sea. As I consider going back on a cruise, it may be helpful to reflect on what I learned from this experience and what steps I can take to feel prepared and safe in the future. But it's also important to remember that each trip is unique and I can't predict what will happen, so it's important to stay mindful and respectful.
that's why the Queen Mary 2 is a liner and those hotels with a hull are cruisers
I know people will think I’m crazy, but I’m terrified of open sea. I’m fine on a boat as long as I can see land! 🤣🤣🤣 The idea of getting on a cruise ship is so far out of my scope, I don’t even think of it. Love to watch others taking cruises and enjoying seeing the ships………but!!
Come on with the blurry picture 👀🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️
What’s with the fogged out videos sound like we’re seeing somebody cut it in half I could see in the background. It’s a picture of chairs moving on deck and the waves on the other side of the window of the ship why would you have to fog the videos for that kind of aggravating
Although I love cruising, I’m calling sailing quits for a while. People are not taking their jobs seriously these days. From preparing food to cleaning cabins…I’m skeptical. People are weird these days! 🤦🏽♀️
Better than being in a metal sausage casing crashing from the sky straight down into the depths of the ocean in minutes. No way out!
Flying is infinitely safer than driving, I've flown since a small child, all my life, business and pleasure, been just fine, I'm not a fan of flying, isn't my favorite thing to do but in terms of practicality and efficiency hell yes, I'm an educated woman, I realize the odds of a plane crash are extraordinarily high, I was involved in 6 bad car crashes in 9 months, none my fault, the last accident was life altering and disabling, I still fly, hate driving....so very simple to decide, I'm guessing you've never flown, the metal tube analogy is outdated, not alot of metal in standard fuselage anymore, it's all composites and such...
BTW it wouldn't take minutes, it'd be over in seconds maybe a minute and 30 seconds, so dramatic 🙄 😑
Airlines have to be able to evacuate in under 90 seconds. Cruise ships: 12 HOURS? And why are they so freakin’ tall? Titanic didn’t have seven levels over its center of gravity and the passenger count was in excess of 2,000. This one? 1,300 because every cabin has to be above decks? I think it’ll be a frigid day in Hades when I board a cruise ship.
So well said!!
There are so many differences between air crafts and ships. A ship sinks a lot slower (there are events that are exceptions - usually due to mismanagement) and risk of sudden explosion is lower. 12 hours might be a stretch for evacuation but a couple of hours would be fair.
Personally, I'd prefer 12 hours to work out what to do for myself and family on a Cruise ship that hits something near land than an aircraft fault or conditions in the sky falling and much less chance of survival...
Ever been in emergency situation in an aircraft during a Typhoon? When the stewardesses start closing the window blinds you know something is happenong and begin silent prayer
I'm sorry but your logic is flawed. There's a reason why most cabins are above the waterline. Please do some research
You show a complete collapse in logic. Ok....let's say an air plane survive a landing on water....then all 300 passengers evacuate in 90 sec.... well....and then what...??? Wake up dude....the passenger has evacuated into the water ....were they for sure will not survive swimming around in the sea with the freezing temperatures and 10 meter waves as in the video. Theoretically they could do the same idiotic stunt from a ship by order all 1300 passenger to to jump over board into the water ...in just 10 to 15 sec. But for what...??? ....it is pointless since no one will survive something like that. The only time the passengers can survive an evacuation is if the air plane is safely put down on dry land. Since passenger ships do not operate normally on land it is difficult to ask the passenger just to jump out and take a walk on dry land.
you couldn't edit out the blurry parts?
I guess he’s right
Why blur the video of the furniture sliding around. I've seen that video unblurred and there is absolutely nothing disturbing to anyone in there.
"there was certainly quite a lot of screaming".....oh how I love the British! ;)
Somebody should be held accountable for putting so many lives in so much danger!
it happens it's not like they did it on purpose
@@erwin2938 wrong on that, the weather forcast told bad weather next day, the Norwegian ship called Hurtigruten didn't leave the Bay that day, they cancelled it cause of it and it's a big cruiseship as well not so big as Viking Sky but still, they didn't risk it but Viking Sky did and ignored the Weathercast told and that's how they get it. Luckily it went okay and no fatal in this.
I have a feeling those passengers would never go on boat again
Thank You Jesus for having Your hand on the situation!! I know there was somebody praying‼️Lord You are good🙌🏾🙌🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Ship: about to sink
Woman at 0:43 : well I guess I'll just pick up these playing cards. Can't have those on the floor
She was in ten metres of water and 100 metres from shore, she wouldn't have sunk, so nowhere near like the Titanic folks
I will still cruise
I was on land watching the ship and it was alot of wind on land and the ship was towed to my home city molde
blur half the video might as well just play this on the radio
Poseidon's domain demands respect.
You could not pay me enough to go on a cruise ship. My attitude before any Desasters.
What is the point of this video of everything is blurred
100 of ships gone into see by accident still no body will stop this cruise ships tour..
Viking sky turned into a literally a viking
Are ships not forewarned on stormy weather.
He promised you everything....a man girls only dream about.
Yes crew members aren't experienced enough to face rescue and crowd management in the proper way, because they are treated like second hand people As a former crew member I can say that cruise lines don't make an effort to retain their crew, they fire people for the most ridiculous reasons just to please shore side and passengers, or to make an example out of you. No industry treats their employees as expendable as this one. They make such big money they don't mind to buy a flight ticket to send you back home anywhere in the world. Let alone the fact the Safety certificates are mostly issued in land by smoochers that only want your money. The real training you do onboard is less valuable than those purchased on land, just ridiculous. Yes another disaster is round the corner, we just don't know when
Narrator: "...as dramatic and terrible as the sinking of the Titanic"
Video: some tacky furniture sliding around, people saying "I didn't like it"
WTF is up with all the blurred out footage?