The double-decked riverboat Bulgaria, built in 1955 in Czechoslovakia, sank on Sunday during a thunderstorm three kilometers from the shore.
© RIA Novosti . Yegor Aleev / Go to the mediabankThe double-decked riverboat Bulgaria, built in 1955 in Czechoslovakia, sank on Sunday during a thunderstorm three kilometers from the shore.
The double-decked riverboat Bulgaria, built in 1955 in Czechoslovakia, sank on Sunday during a thunderstorm three kilometers from the shore.
© RIA Novosti . Grigory Sysoev / Go to the mediabankAccording to a rescuers, the ship was carrying 207 people, including 25 unregistered passengers. A total of 79 were saved, while the rest are reported missing. Photo: Relatives of the missing.
According to a rescuers, the ship was carrying 207 people, including 25 unregistered passengers. A total of 79 were saved, while the rest are reported missing. Photo: Relatives of the missing.
© RIA Novosti . Grigory Sysoev / Go to the mediabankRussia declared July 12 a day of national mourning for victims of the Bulgaria’s sinking. Photo: Relatives of the missing at the Emergencies Ministry’s Kuibyshevsky Zaton center.
Russia declared July 12 a day of national mourning for victims of the Bulgaria’s sinking. Photo: Relatives of the missing at the Emergencies Ministry’s Kuibyshevsky Zaton center.
© RIA Novosti . Yegor Aleev / Go to the mediabankDivers at the riverboat Bulgaria’s wreck site reached the music room on Monday, a room that could contain the bodies of many children. Photo: An Emergencies Ministry official supervises the loading of underwater gear into a search and rescue boat at Kuibyshevsky Zaton.
Divers at the riverboat Bulgaria’s wreck site reached the music room on Monday, a room that could contain the bodies of many children. Photo: An Emergencies Ministry official supervises the loading of underwater gear into a search and rescue boat at Kuibyshevsky Zaton.
© RIA Novosti . Yegor Aleev / Go to the mediabankAt the time the riverboat sank, up to 50 children could have been in its music room. Photo: An Emergencies Ministry official near a search and rescue boat on the Kuibyshevsky reservoir, where efforts continue to recover dead bodies from the sunken riverboat Bulgaria.
At the time the riverboat sank, up to 50 children could have been in its music room. Photo: An Emergencies Ministry official near a search and rescue boat on the Kuibyshevsky reservoir, where efforts continue to recover dead bodies from the sunken riverboat Bulgaria.
© RIA Novosti . Yegor Aleev / Go to the mediabankBy 15.00 hours Moscow time, divers had made 37 dives.
By 15.00 hours Moscow time, divers had made 37 dives.
© Photo : Russian Emergencies Ministry Press Service / Go to the mediabankDivers are working at a depth of up to 20 meters.
Divers are working at a depth of up to 20 meters.
© Photo : Russian Emergencies Ministry Press Service / Go to the mediabankA barrier was put up around the wreckage site, but the current is sweeping it downstream.
A barrier was put up around the wreckage site, but the current is sweeping it downstream.
© Photo : Russian Emergencies Ministry Press Service / Go to the mediabankThe Emergencies Ministry says the work will go on uninterrupted until the last body is accounted for.
The Emergencies Ministry says the work will go on uninterrupted until the last body is accounted for.
© Photo : Russian Emergencies Ministry Press ServiceThe recovery task force comprises seven vessels and 300 rescuers. The confirmed death toll from the Bulgaria disaster in Tatarstan has increased to 73, RIA Novosti was told at the Emergencies Ministry’s information office.
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The recovery task force comprises seven vessels and 300 rescuers. The confirmed death toll from the Bulgaria disaster in Tatarstan has increased to 73, RIA Novosti was told at the Emergencies Ministry’s information office.