Viking Cruise Ship Accident In Budapest

Hungarian prosecutors on Thursday charged a cruise ship captain over the deadly collision on the Danube River.

Viking cruise ship accident in budapest. 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. At least 7 are dead. The heavy rainfall and the resulting strong.

It was the worst crash on the Danube in more than 50 years. Hungarian for Mermaid was a 27-metre 89 ft river cruiser operated on the Danube river in Budapest HungaryOn a rainy night at 905 pm of 29 May 2019 the 135-metre 443 ft Viking Sigyn collided with Hableány from behind under the Margaret Bridge near the Parliament Building. Hableány sunk in 7 seconds.

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. We can confirm that even though the Captain of the Viking Sigyn was onboard the Viking Idun on April 1. Body found five days after crash.

22 women 12 men and a six-year-old girl traveling with her mother and grandparents. At 2100 local time 29th May the Viking river ship Sigyn was in the vicinity of another vessel a Hungarian tourist ship when it was involved in an incident on the Danube River in Budapest. 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.

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. All 27 targets were from the Mermaid which sank within secs of the collision. The skipper of a cruise ship that struck a sightseeing boat on the Danube sinking that vessel was detained by Hungarian police.

The small Hableany Mermaid tour boat collided with the Viking Sigyn river cruise ship on May 29 near the Hungarian Parliament in Budapest. Last Updated 2 years ago. 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.