Tourist boat the Hableany, carrying mostly South Korean tourists, sank after being struck by another vessel beneath Budapest’s Margit Bridge.
The captain of a river cruise boat that collided with another vessel in Hungary’s capital in 2019, killing at least 27 people, has been found guilty of negligence leading to a fatal mass catastrophe and sentenced to five years in prison.
Seven South Koreans were rescued from the water in the heavy rain following the collision, and 27 people died including the two-member Hungarian crew. One South Korean is still unaccounted for.The Hableany spent more than 12 days underwater at the collision site near the neo-Gothic Hungarian Parliament building, before being lifted from the river bed by a floating crane.
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