Viking Cruise Ship Accident In Budapest

Last month the Viking Sigyn hit a small tour boat during a stormy nighttime cruise along a crowded stretch of the Danube in Budapest killing 19 South Korean tourists and a Hungarian crewman.

Viking cruise ship accident in budapest. Yuri Chaplinskys cruise ship lining the Viking Sigyn struck a smaller sized visitor watercraft the Mermaid under a bridge in the resources throughout downpour on May 29. The Viking ship collided Wednesday evening with a much smaller sightseeing boat carrying 35 people most of them South Korean tourists in Budapest. Yuri Chaplinskys cruise liner the Viking Sigyn hit a smaller tourist boat the Mermaid under a bridge in the capital during torrential rain on.

The skipper of a cruise ship that struck a sightseeing boat on the Danube sinking that vessel was detained by Hungarian police. Last Updated 2 years ago. The closure of the waterway June 5-14 affected 25 scheduled cruise itineraries mainly between homeports Amsterdam Holland and Budapest.

The heavy rainfall and the resulting strong. The Viking ship collided Wednesday evening with a much smaller sightseeing boat carrying 35 people most of them South Korean tourists in Budapest the capital. Seven people are confirmed dead in.

Ship Collision Allision On May 29 2019 during a storm torrential rain in homeport Budapest Hungary the Viking longship Sigyn collided with and sank a small tour boat carrying 35 people. At the time of the collision there were 35 people aboard the Hableány. 22 women 12 men and a six-year-old girl traveling with her mother and grandparents.

The river cruise ship Viking Sigyn collided with a tourist boat carrying 33 South Koreans on the Danube River in Budapest Hungary leaving at least seven people dead. We can confirm that even though the Captain of the Viking Sigyn was onboard the Viking Idun on April 1. 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.

The Viking cruise ship collided with an 89-ft 27-m long sightseeing boat Hableany translated Mermaid on Danube River near Budapests Parliament building. 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. The Viking Sigyn cruise ship hit the Mermaid after 2100 local time 1900 GMT on 29 May.