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Over 100
people missing, 80 rescued as ship sinks in Russia
Monday July 11, 2011 08:14:31 AM,
RIA Novosti
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Moscow: Eighty of the 185 people on board the Bulgaria cruise ship that
sank in the Volga River Sunday were rescued, said Russian
Emergencies Ministry spokesman Monday.
While two were found dead and over 100 are still missing, the
spokesman added.
Two-decked Bulgaria sank at 09.58 GMT Sunday near the village of
Syukeyevo in the Kansko-Ustinovsky district of the Republic of
Tatarstan.
"Eighty people were rescued with 79 of them taken to Kazan [the
capital of Tatarstan].
Two people were taken [to Kazan] on a cutter and 77 on the
Arabella cruise ship that happened to be near the scene of the
incident," the spokesman said adding that 13 people were
hospitalised.
He also said that currently 223 people, including 80 divers, are
involved in the relief operation.
The Russian Investigative Committee reported earlier that the
Bulgaria had 179 people on board at the time of the incident, with
76 people rescued and two women found dead.
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