BUDAPEST: A Hungarian court confirmed Thursday new charges against the captain of a Budapest river cruise ship involved in a collision with a sightseeing boat on May 29, which left at least 27 dead.The Mermaid tourist boat sank with 35 people on board seconds after colliding with the larger Viking Sigyn vessel on a busy stretch of the Danube river in the capital Budapest.Budapest’s Metropolitan Tribunal court said on Thursday it was upholding the detention of the 64-year-old Ukrainian captain of the Viking Sigyn on charges of failing to provide assistance to the victims of the collision.The court remanded him …read more
Source: theSun
