Viking Cruise Ship Accident In Budapest

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Viking cruise ship accident in budapest. Hungarian prosecutors on Thursday charged a cruise ship captain over the deadly collision on the Danube River. The boat accident in May in Budapest killed 27 people mostly South Korean tourists. Yuri Chaplinskys cruise liner the Viking Sigyn hit a smaller tourist boat the Mermaid under a bridge in the capital during torrential rain on.

The skipper of a cruise ship that struck a sightseeing boat on the Danube sinking that vessel was detained by Hungarian police. All 27 targets were from the Mermaid which sank within secs of the collision. The river cruise ship Viking Sigyn collided with a tourist boat carrying 33 South Koreans on the Danube River in Budapest Hungary leaving at least seven people dead.

It was the worst crash on the Danube in more than 50 years. At the time of the collision there were 35 people aboard the Hableány. The accident occurred at 905 PM on Wednesday when Hungarian sightseeing boat Hableány Mermaid collided with Viking Sigyn a large cruise ship belonging to a Swiss company.

The Viking ship collided Wednesday evening with a much smaller sightseeing boat carrying 35 people most of them South Korean tourists in Budapest the capital. The Viking Sigyn cruise ship struck the Mermaid tour boat just after 2100 local time 1900 GMT on 29 May as both vessels passed under Budapests Margaret Bridge. Last Updated 2 years ago.

MTI A Budapest court has ordered the Ukrainian captain of a cruise ship which collided with a sightseeing boat in central Budapest last spring to be released from custody and placed back in house arrest a spokesman for the municipal chief prosecutors office said on Monday. The Viking cruise ship collided with an 89-ft 27-m long sightseeing boat Hableany translated Mermaid on Danube River near Budapests Parliament building. At least 7 are dead.

Ship collision - Captain of cruise ship remanded back into custody. Hableány sunk in 7 seconds. Yuri Chaplinskys cruise ship lining the Viking Sigyn struck a smaller sized visitor watercraft the Mermaid under a bridge in the resources throughout downpour on May 29.