danube river cruise disaster

By Marton Dunai BUDAPEST, March 11 (Reuters) – A ship captain involved in the worst accident in more than half a century on the Danube River went on

BUDAPEST, Oct 15 (Reuters) – Hungarian prosecutors are expected to charge the captain of a cruise ship that struck and sank a small tourist vessel on the

By Marton Dunai BUDAPEST, June 12 (Reuters) – The captain of a cruise liner was released on bail on Wednesday, two weeks after his vessel was involved in

By Krisztina Than BUDAPEST, June 10 (Reuters) – Hungarian salvage crews prepared on Monday to raise the wreck of a pleasure boat that capsized on the

By Marton Dunai BUDAPEST, June 6 (Reuters) – The captain of the Viking Sigyn cruise liner that collided with a pleasure boat on the River Danube in

Update: Viking Cruises Says Viking Sigyn Captain Was Not Captain in Dutch Accident By Marton Dunai BUDAPEST, June 6 (Reuters) – The captain of a cruise

By Krisztina Than and Hyonhee Shin BUDAPEST, June 5 (Reuters) – Divers found a body in the wreckage of a pleasure boat on Wednesday a week after the

By Marton Dunai BUDAPEST, June 3 (Reuters) – A body was pulled from the Danube more than 100 km downstream from Budapest, officials said on Monday, the

By Krisztina Than and Marton Dunai BUDAPEST, May 31 (Reuters) – Roiling flood waters in the Danube made it impossible for rescuers to reach the wreck of

Hungarian police have now taken the Ukrainian captain of the river cruise into custody as part of the investigation into the accident.  By Marton Dunai

By Marton Dunai and Krisztina Than BUDAPEST, May 30 (Reuters) – Hungarian rescue officials said there was little chance of finding survivors after a