Sunday, July 10, 2011

Dead and 88 missing in sinking of a cruise ship in the Volga River, Russia

Tourist boat carrying 173 people Sunday in the River Volga in the Russian Republic of Tatarstan, killing at least one person, and considering 88 others missing, according to the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry.

A spokesman for the ministry in the Volga region, Oleg Zojyev that "the ship Arabella rescued from the scene, 85 people, two of them were transferred to the hospital for treatment and spent another person. 88 people and the fate of others is still unknown."

The spokesman said that the information available indicates that 173 people were on board the cruise ship "Bulgaria", including 140 passengers and 33 crew members, but pointed out that these data are subject to change. Has sent a helicopter and at least one place to search for missing people from the air.

The ship sank, "Bulgaria" in the basin of the Volga River, opposite the village Saukiewo about 80 km south of Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan, about 800 kilometers east of Moscow.

And was able to ship Arabella, which was located in the place the moment of tragedy, to lift a section of the passengers.

According to a statement of the Ministry of emergency situations in Tatarstan, the incident occurred at about 10h00 GMT, about three kilometers from the West, and the ship was now the depth of twenty meters.

The television network, Russia -24 to ship "Bulgaria", built in 1955 in Czechoslovakia. This ship, consisting of two surfaces and a length of 78 meters, the tourist trips along the Volga River

The Commission announced the most prominent Russian investigative body charged with criminal investigations in Russia, said in a statement to open an investigation for violation of safety rules in the field of transportTourist boat carrying 173 people Sunday in the River Volga in the Russian Republic of Tatarstan, killing at least one person, and considering 88 others missing, according to the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry.

A spokesman for the ministry in the Volga region, Oleg Zojyev that "the ship Arabella rescued from the scene, 85 people, two of them were transferred to the hospital for treatment and spent another person. 88 people and the fate of others is still unknown."

The spokesman said that the information available indicates that 173 people were on board the cruise ship "Bulgaria", including 140 passengers and 33 crew members, but pointed out that these data are subject to change. Has sent a helicopter and at least one place to search for missing people from the air.

The ship sank, "Bulgaria" in the basin of the Volga River, opposite the village Saukiewo about 80 km south of Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan, about 800 kilometers east of Moscow.

And was able to ship Arabella, which was located in the place the moment of tragedy, to lift a section of the passengers.

According to a statement of the Ministry of emergency situations in Tatarstan, the incident occurred at about 10h00 GMT, about three kilometers from the West, and the ship was now the depth of twenty meters.

The television network, Russia -24 to ship "Bulgaria", built in 1955 in Czechoslovakia. This ship, consisting of two surfaces and a length of 78 meters, the tourist trips along the Volga River

The Commission announced the most prominent Russian investigative body charged with criminal investigations in Russia, said in a statement to open an investigation for violation of safety rules in the field of transportTourist boat carrying 173 people Sunday in the River Volga in the Russian Republic of Tatarstan, killing at least one person, and considering 88 others missing, according to the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry.

A spokesman for the ministry in the Volga region, Oleg Zojyev that "the ship Arabella rescued from the scene, 85 people, two of them were transferred to the hospital for treatment and spent another person. 88 people and the fate of others is still unknown."

The spokesman said that the information available indicates that 173 people were on board the cruise ship "Bulgaria", including 140 passengers and 33 crew members, but pointed out that these data are subject to change. Has sent a helicopter and at least one place to search for missing people from the air.

The ship sank, "Bulgaria" in the basin of the Volga River, opposite the village Saukiewo about 80 km south of Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan, about 800 kilometers east of Moscow.

And was able to ship Arabella, which was located in the place the moment of tragedy, to lift a section of the passengers.

According to a statement of the Ministry of emergency situations in Tatarstan, the incident occurred at about 10h00 GMT, about three kilometers from the West, and the ship was now the depth of twenty meters.

The television network, Russia -24 to ship "Bulgaria", built in 1955 in Czechoslovakia. This ship, consisting of two surfaces and a length of 78 meters, the tourist trips along the Volga River

The Commission announced the most prominent Russian investigative body charged with criminal investigations in Russia, said in a statement to open an investigation for violation of safety rules in the field of transport

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