Sunday, July 10, 2011

Russia News:Boat sinks. At least one dead. 61 missing.

Boat carrying 170 sinks in RussiaAt least one person dead and 61 missing after double-decked river cruiser sinks in Russia's Volga river
guardian.co.uk,
Sunday 10 July 2011 14.36 BST
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A pleasure boat carrying more than 170 people sank in Russia's Volga river on Sunday, killing at least one person and leaving dozens missing, emergency officials said.

One body has been recovered and 61 people are unaccounted for after the boat, a double-decked river cruiser called the Bulgaria, sank in the Tatarstan region, said a spokeswoman for the emergency situations ministry.

"We don't know yet why it sank. There were 140 passengers and 33 staff. One was found dead, a passing boat saved some people. Sixty-one are unaccounted for." A rescue team aided by a helicopter was searching for missing people, she said.

The boat was heading to the regional capital, Kazan, about 500 miles east of Moscow, and sank about two miles from shore in 20 metres of water, the ministry's regional branch said.

The RIA news agency, citing a regional official, said 78 people had been rescued and 94 people were missing.
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