Sinking of Hableány
ship accident in Budapest in 2019 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The sinking of Hableány happened on 27 May 2019 on the Danube river in Budapest, Hungary. The 27-metre (89 ft) river cruiser collided with a much larger ship, the 135-metre (443 ft) Viking Sigyn. 35 people are reported to have been on board Hableány at the time of the event, of which 33 were South Koreans (31 tourists and two tour guides) and two were Hungarian crewmen. 27 people are confirmed dead, while one person is still missing. Another seven survived.[2][3]
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Date | 29 May 2019; 4 years ago (2019-05-29) | ||||
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Time | 9:05 PM CEST (UTC+2) | ||||
Location | Danube, Budapest, Hungary | ||||
Coordinates | 47°30′50″N 19°02′42″E | ||||
Cause | Collision with another vessel | ||||
Deaths | 27 | ||||
Missing | 1 (as of 15 October 2019)[1] | ||||
Survivors | 7 | ||||
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