Viking Cruise Ship Accident In Budapest

At the time of the collision there were 35 people aboard the Hableány.

Viking cruise ship accident in budapest. It was the worst crash on the Danube in more than 50 years. Last month the Viking Sigyn hit a small tour boat during a stormy nighttime cruise along a crowded stretch of the Danube in Budapest killing 19 South Korean tourists and a Hungarian crewman. At least 7 are dead.

The Viking cruise ship collided with an 89-ft 27-m long sightseeing boat Hableany translated Mermaid on Danube River near Budapests Parliament building. The Viking Sigyn cruise ship hit the Mermaid after 2100 local time 1900 GMT on 29 May. BUDAPEST Hungary Hungarian police have detained the captain of a cruise ship that collided with a sightseeing boat packed with South Korean tourists causing it to sink quickly in the Danube River as loved ones of the missing and dead were expected to arrive Friday in Budapest.

Hableány sunk in 7 seconds. Police confirmed Thursday that 7 people are dead and another 21 are still missing. Hungarian prosecutors on Thursday charged a cruise ship captain over the deadly collision on the Danube River.

The accident resulted in shutting down to all shipping traffic a section of Main-Donau Kanal Main-Danube Canal aka Europa-Kanal. 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. Yuri Chaplinskys cruise liner the Viking Sigyn hit a smaller tourist boat the Mermaid under a bridge in the capital during torrential rain on.

All 27 targets were from the Mermaid which sank within secs of the collision. The collision in Budapest on May 29 killed 28 people most of them South Korean tourists. All but two of those killed were South Korean tourists.

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. Budapest Hungary The Viking Sigyn a 95-room river cruise ship collided with a small sight-seeing boat the Mermaid carrying 33 South Korean tourists. The skipper of a cruise ship that struck a sightseeing boat on the Danube sinking that vessel was detained by Hungarian police.