Salvage Crews Ready to Lift Boat Sunk in Danube

Salvage Crews Ready to Lift Boat Sunk in Danube
A floating crane able to lift 200 tons and which would be able to hoist the boat out of the water on its way on the site of the accident where a sightseeing boat capsized in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, on June 5, 2019. AP Photo/Laszlo Balogh
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BUDAPEST—Hungarian salvage crews prepared on June 10 to raise the wreck of a pleasure boat that capsized on the Danube river in Budapest, killing 26 South Korean tourists and two local crew.

The Mermaid sank after a large Swiss-owned cruise liner struck it from behind on May 29 as both vessels passed under a 19th-century bridge in the Hungarian capital during heavy rain.