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Viking River Cruise Captain Denies Wrongdoing

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July 9, 2022
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General view shows the tourist vessel Viking Sigyn which was involved in a ship accident that killed several people on the Danube river in Budapest
General view shows the tourist vessel Viking Sigyn which was involved in a ship accident that killed several people on the Danube river in Budapest

Viking River Cruise Captain Denies Wrongdoing

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By Krisztina Than and also Marton Dunai

BUDAPEST, May 31 (Reuters)– Roiling flooding waters in the Danube made it difficult for rescuers to get to the accident of a river watercraft on Friday, 2 days after it sank in the Hungarian funding with 28 individuals was afraid dead, almost all of them South Korean visitors.

One rescue scuba diver was brushed up away and also needed to be conserved, scuba divers claimed. The authorities claimed it was risky to get to the accident.

Seven South Koreans were verified eliminated and also 7 saved when their enjoyment watercraft struck a cruise ship lining in hefty moisten Wednesday evening. Another 21 individuals are still missing out on, 19 of them South Korean visitors, and also authorities claim there is little hope any kind of will certainly be located to life.

Hungarian authorities detained the captain of the cruise ship lining late onThursday His legal representatives claimed on Friday he rejected blame and also was sorry for that he can not avoid the collision.

Family participants of the Koreans missing out on or eliminated started getting here in the Hungarian funding, some covering their faces as they made their method via the arrivals incurable. They were satisfied by consular office personnel and also repelled in black vans.

A crane ship was anchored near the accident to prepare for healing procedures, yet scuba divers dealt with solid currents in the river, “conditions that preclude any approach of the hull,” the Interior Ministry claimed in a declaration.

A scuba diver that operates at the scene and also asked for privacy informed Reuters they would possibly need to await swamping to diminish, a minimum of a number of a lot more days, prior to they can try to safeguard the website and also get in the wreck.

The existing right away brushed up away a scuba diver that had actually immersed onFriday A tube bringing him air needed to be cut and also a rescue procedure needed to be placed to bring him support.

The 440-foot (135-meter) cruise ship lining hit and also sank the Mermaid, a smaller sized enjoyment watercraft bring Korean visitors, throughout a rainstorm on Wednesday night.

CCTV video shows up to reveal the Viking Sigyn trying to surpass the smaller sized vessel:

South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung- wha, that flew to Budapest on Friday, claimed the goal was to recuperate all the bodies.

“We strive to ensure no corpses are lost from the wreckage or the riverbed,” she claimed. “I hope this level of effort can be sustained.”

Swiss- based Viking Cruises, which has the bigger vessel, claimed in a declaration on Thursday that it had actually complied totally with the authorities. It did not right away respond to a Reuters e-mail looking for fresh remark.

The Ukrainian captain of the cruise liner, determined by cops as C. Yuriy from Odessa, rejected blame, MTI information company estimated his legal representatives as stating.

He was “shaken by the consequences of the accident and regrets that he had no way to avoid the accident, and expresses his condolences to the families of the victims,” they claimed.

Prime Minister Viktor Orban claimed he also was “shaken.”

Very Good Tour, the holiday company that brought the Korean team to Budapest, informed the Korea Times that it would certainly file a claim against as soon as the root causes of the mishap were figured out.

“We plan to take legal action… because it is related to compensation for our customers,” Korea Times estimated an authorities of the holiday company.

The search location reached Serbia, downstream from Hungary,

Hungarian Foreign Minster Peter Szijjarto claimed. (Additional coverage by Krisztina Fenyo Editing by Peter Graff)

( c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2019.

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