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| Hungary tourist accident: Operation to raise capsized boat begins | Hungary tourist accident: Operation to raise capsized boat begins |
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| Salvage crews have begun the operation to raise a tourist boat that sank on the Danube in Budapest last month. | Salvage crews have begun the operation to raise a tourist boat that sank on the Danube in Budapest last month. |
| The Mermaid was carrying South Korean tourists when it was in collision with a cruise ship and capsized, leaving 20 people dead and eight others missing. | |
| Rescue efforts in the Hungarian capital have been hampered by high water levels, made worse by heavy rain. | Rescue efforts in the Hungarian capital have been hampered by high water levels, made worse by heavy rain. |
| Footage from the scene on Tuesday showed a floating crane slowly winching the boat to the surface. | |
| Before the Mermaid is fully raised, divers will enter the wreck to search for any bodies still trapped inside, officials said. | |
| The operation will then continue slowly. Crews have struggled to assess how much damage the 70-year-old boat sustained in the collision, salvage experts said. | The operation will then continue slowly. Crews have struggled to assess how much damage the 70-year-old boat sustained in the collision, salvage experts said. |
| The Viking Sigyn cruise ship struck the Mermaid just after 21:00 local time (19:00 GMT) on 29 May. | |
| Seven people were rescued and seven bodies quickly recovered but many of those on board the Mermaid were swept away in the swollen river. | |
| The bodies of other victims were recovered in the following days, with one pulled from the Danube more than 100km (60 miles) downstream. | |
| Viking Sigyn's captain, named as 64-year-old Ukrainian national Yuriy C, has been detained on suspicion of reckless misconduct in waterborne traffic leading to mass casualties. |