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Several bodies were recovered from the wreckage of a tour boat that sank in the Danube River as it was lifted out of the river on Tuesday morning in the Hungarian capital.
A huge floating crane, barges and rescue personnel were working early in the morning at Budapest’s Margit Bridge, where the Hableany (Mermaid) sightseeing boat sank on May 29 after colliding with a much larger river cruise ship.

The top of the Hableany was visible, as life jackets floated in the boat’s hull.
Divers were searching the boat for more victims. Rescuers carried away four body bags on stretchers to a small police cruise boat waiting nearby.
Nineteen South Korean tourists and a Hungarian crewman have previously been confirmed dead, with eight people still missing. Seven people were rescued after the night-time collision amid heavy rain.

The lift is planned in several stages, depending, for example, on the condition of the hull as the tour boat is raised off the river floor and the discovery of bodies in the wreckage.
The plan detailed on Monday by rescuers was to lift the Hableany with the floating crane and place it on a long barge. The boat would then be handed over to police investigating the collision.
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Efforts to search for the missing victims of the accident and to raise the Hableany have been hindered by the Danube’s high springtime water levels – which are expected to fall significantly over the coming days in Budapest – and the river’s fast flow, as well as near-zero visibility under water.

The captain of the other ship in the collision, the Viking Sigyn, has been under arrest since June 1, suspected of endangering water transport leading to a deadly mass accident.
The Viking Sigyn, which left Budapest less than 48 hours after the collision with the Hableany, is back in Hungary on a scheduled trip and docked at the town of Visegrad, north of Budapest. Police said they carried out another inspection on the ship on Monday.


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More bodies found in Hungary as doomed boat carrying South Korean tourists is pulled from Danube

The recovery operation at Margaret Bridge in Budapest on Tuesday. Photo: EPA

Officials conduct the recovery operation of the sunk shipwreck at Margaret Bridge, the scene of the fatal boat accident in Budapest, Hungary, Tuesday, June 11, 2019. The Hableany sightseeing boat carrying 33 South Korean tourists and two Hungarian staff was crashed by a large river cruise ship and sank in the River Danube on May 29. Seven tourists survived, twenty people died, eight persons are still missing. (Zoltan Balogh/MTI via AP)

A crane lifts the sightseeing boat out of the Danube river in Budapest, Hungary, Tuesday, June 11, 2019. Eight people are still missing from the May 29 collision between the Hableany (Mermaid) sightseeing boat and the Viking Sigyn river cruise ship at Budapest's Margit Bridge. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

Members of a salvage crew are seen aboard The Mermaid, a Hungarian boat which sank in the Danube river near Margaret bridge, during a salvage operation in Budapest, Hungary, June 11, 2019. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

Workers carry a body found in the shipwreck during the recovery operation on Tuesday. Photo: EPA

Death toll from Thai tour boat tragedy climbs to 48 after vessel carrying Chinese passengers capsized off Phuket

Thai officials from the navy, marine police and rescuers transport the body of a tourist after the Phoenix boat sank. Photo: EPA

Chinese ambassador to Thailand, Lyu Jian (R) arrives in Chalong pier in Phuket on July 7, 2018 as rescue operations continue for missing tourists following a boat accident on July 5. Thai rescuers pulled 37 bodies from waters off the coast of the holiday island of Phuket on July 6 after a tourist boat went down in heavy seas with dozens of Chinese passengers on board. / AFP PHOTO / Mohd RASFAN

Chinese rescue workers prepare equipments before a search operation for missing passengers of a capsized tourist boat at a pier in Phuket, Thailand, July 7, 2018. REUTERS/Sooppharoek Teepapan

(180707) -- PHUKET, July 7, 2018 (Xinhua) -- An injured Chinese tourist receives medical treatment at a hospital in Phuket, Thailand, July 7, 2018. Chinese officials on Saturday visited the Chinese tourists who were injured after two boats capsized in storms in southern Thailand's Phuket on Thursday. According to Thai authorities, at least 33 people died and 23 remained missing after two boats overturned in rough seas in south Thailand on Thursday. (Xinhua/Qin Qing) (gj)

Six dead, 31 missing, after Colombia tour boat sinks in full view of fellow holidaymakers

Authorities did not yet say what caused the four-deck Almirante to go down in the El Penol reservoir, where Colombian and foreign tourists take leisure cruises

People on a boat rescue passengers of a sinking tourist ferry (not pictured) in the Guatape reservoir in Colombia June 25, 2017 in this still image taken from video obtained from social media. Juan Quiroz/via REUTERS. ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. MUST NOT OBSCURE 'GENTE 305' LOGO. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE CONTENT OF THIS VIDEO, WHICH HAS BEEN OBTAINED FROM A SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE.

People who survived a sunken ferry, cry as they wait for more information about their missing friends and relatives, at a reservoir in Guatape, Colombia, Sunday, June 25, 2017. Nine people were dead and 28 missing after a tourist ferry packed with around 170 passengers for the holiday weekend capsized Sunday on a reservoir near the Colombian city of Medellin, officials said. (AP Photo/Luis Benavides)

Dramatic images show the turquoise and yellow trimmed party boat sinking in a matter of minutes. Photo: Reuters

Tour boat tragedy: Five dead as whale-watching vessel sinks off Vancouver Island in Canada

A photo of the Leviathan II, posted to Facebook by rescuer Albert Titian. Photo: Facebook/Albert Titian

The bow of the Leviathan II emerges from the waters off Vancouver Island. Photo: Facebook/Albert Titian

Rescue personnel wait at the government dock in Tofino on Sunday.  Photo: Reuters

An ambulance waits to receive survivors from the tragedy in Tofino on Vancouver Island. Photo: Reuters

Terror as lava bomb crashes through roof of Hawaii tour boat ‘Hot Spot’, injuring 23

This photo provided by the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources shows damage to the roof of a tour boat caused by a lava bomb from the Kilauea volcano. Photo: AP

A police officer secures the tour boat "Hot Spot" for the arrival of inspectors Monday, July 16, 2018, at the Wailoa Small Boat Harbor in Hilo, Hawaii. An explosion caused by lava oozing into the ocean sent molten rock crashing through the roof of the sightseeing boat off Hawaii's Big Island Monday, injuring at least 23 people. (John Burnett/Hawaii Tribune-Herald via AP)

This handout photograph obtained July 16, 2018, courtesy of the US Geological Survey (USGS), shows laze plumes rising where lava pours into the sea on the south margin of the fissure 8 flow of the K?lauea volcano, July 15, 2018 in Hawaii. A projectile from the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii struck a boat July 6, 2018 carrying people watching lava from the two- month-old eruption, injuring 23, the fire department said. Thirteen of them required hospitalization and the rest were treated at a harbor when the boat engaged in a "lava tour" returned to the Big Island, also known as Hawaii. The eruption has destroyed hundreds of homes since it began May 3, 2018. Kilauea is one of the world's most active volcanos and one of five on the island. / AFP PHOTO / US Geological Survey / HO / == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE / MANDATORY CREDIT: "AFP PHOTO / US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY" / NO MARKETING / NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS / DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS ==

(FILES) This May 04, 2018 file photo shows lava spewing from a fissure of the Kilauea volcano in the Leilani Estates subdivision on Hawaii's Big Island following a series of recent earthquakes. A projectile from the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii struck a boat carrying people watching lava from the two-month-old eruption, injuring 23, the fire department said July 16, 2018. Thirteen of them required hospitalization and the rest were treated at a harbor when the boat engaged in a "lava tour" returned to the Big Island, also known as Hawaii. / AFP PHOTO / Frederic J. BROWN

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Nineteen South Koreans and a Hungarian crewman have been confirmed dead and eight people were still missing after the night-time collision two weeks ago


Nineteen South Koreans and a Hungarian crewman have been confirmed dead and eight people were still missing after the night-time collision two weeks ago.


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