Hungary Needs Extended Search for 21 Missing in Boat Sinking

Hungary Needs Extended Search for 21 Missing in Boat Sinking
A diver prepares to dive to the wreckage under Margaret Bridge in Budapest, Hungary, on May 31, 2019. Laszlo Balogh/AP Photo
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BUDAPEST—As divers descended Friday into the Danube, Hungarian authorities predicted it would take an extended search to find the 21 people still missing after a boat carrying South Korean tourists was rammed by a cruise ship and sank into the river in Budapest.

A structure to be used in the rescue operation is unloaded by a crane on the riverbank near Margaret Bridge, in Budapest, Hungary, on May 31, 2019. (Zoltan Mathe/MTI via AP)
A structure to be used in the rescue operation is unloaded by a crane on the riverbank near Margaret Bridge, in Budapest, Hungary, on May 31, 2019. Zoltan Mathe/MTI via AP