Divers are searching the murky waters of a Budapest river for 21 people missing after a boat carrying South Korean tourists sank. Officials are warning it could be a lengthy search.
A diver descends a ladder to dive to the wreckage under Margaret Bridge in Budapest, Hungary, Friday, May 31, 2019. Seven people are confirmed dead and seven have been rescued, while 21 people remain missing in the waters. A South Korean group on a package tour of Europe — including 30 tourists, two guides and a photographer— were on an hour-long sightseeing tour of Budapest when their boat collided with a Viking cruise ship during a downpour Wednesday evening.
Just hours after Wednesday night’s collision, the body of one victim was found nearly 12 kilometers downstream from the site of the collision, near the Hungarian capital’s neo-Gothic parliament building. Prosecutors said they had asked a Budapest court to place the captain under arrest, which they considered necessary “to ensure his presence during the proceedings.” A decision about the arrest is expected Saturday.
Nineteen South Koreans and two Hungarian crew members — the captain and his assistant — remain missing. Survivors say they were lucky to grab onto a drifting lifeboat Wednesday evening while looking in horror as others around them struggled in the dark, rainy waters, shouting for help.
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