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| Hungary tourist boat accident: More bodies found as vessel is raised | |
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| At least four bodies have been recovered as salvage crews raised the wreck of a tourist boat that sank on the Danube in Budapest last month. | |
| Divers entered the boat as a floating crane slowly brought it to the surface. | |
| 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. | 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. |
| Recovery efforts by Hungarian and South Korean teams have been hampered by high water levels in the Danube. | Recovery efforts by Hungarian and South Korean teams have been hampered by high water levels in the Danube. |
| Footage from the scene on Tuesday morning showed the cabin and upper deck of the boat emerge from the water and divers then carry out a search for victims still trapped inside. | |
| The bodies recovered were believed to be those of three South Koreans and the Hungarian captain, the South Korean Yonhap news agency quoted officials as saying. | |
| The operation is expected to take several hours. It is not known how strong the hull of the 70-year-old boat is following the collision, salvage experts say. | The operation is expected to take several hours. It is not known how strong the hull of the 70-year-old boat is following the collision, salvage experts say. |
| How did the accident happen? | |
| The Viking Sigyn cruise ship struck the Mermaid just after 21:00 local time (19:00 GMT) on 29 May as both vessels passed under the Margit Bridge. | The Viking Sigyn cruise ship struck the Mermaid just after 21:00 local time (19:00 GMT) on 29 May as both vessels passed under the Margit Bridge. |
| Seven of the 35 people on board were rescued and several bodies quickly recovered, but others were swept away in the swollen river or trapped inside the boat. | |
| Police said the boat had sunk within seven seconds of the collision. | |
| "The current was so fast and people were floating away," one survivor, identified only by her surname Jung, told Yonhap. | |
| Several bodies were recovered in the following days, with one pulled from the Danube more than 100km (60 miles) downstream. Nineteen South Korean tourists and a Hungarian crewman are known to have died. | |
| What about the investigation? | |
| Once fully out of the water, the wreck of the Mermaid will be taken to a secure location and examined by police, who have launched a criminal investigation. | Once fully out of the water, the wreck of the Mermaid will be taken to a secure location and examined by police, who have launched a criminal investigation. |
| The 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. | The 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. |
| South Korean President Moon Jae-in has said his government will co-operate with Hungarian authorities "to thoroughly investigate the incident". |