For the 1,370 passengers on board the Viking Sky, their holiday quickly turned to hell. The ship’s engines died and holidaymakers had to be rescued by helicopter. But cruise industry insiders say the disaster could have been much worse.

This story originally aired on the 31st March 2019.

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