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River Danube: Ukrainian captain jailed after fatal river tour boat crash
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66921562?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGARiver Danube: Ukrainian captain jailed after fatal river tour boat crash
Published 2 hours ago
By Nick Thorpe
BBC News, Hungary
The captain of a cruise ship which collided with a small tour boat on the River Danube in Budapest, killing 28 people, has been jailed for five years.
During a rainstorm in May 2019, the Mermaid, carrying South Korean tourists, sank within seconds of the crash.
The Ukrainian captain of the Vikyn Sigyn cruise ship, Yuri Chaplinsky, denied wrongdoing but was found guilty of gross negligence.
Chaplinsky is expected to appeal.
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Published 2 hours ago
By Nick Thorpe
BBC News, Hungary
The captain of a cruise ship which collided with a small tour boat on the River Danube in Budapest, killing 28 people, has been jailed for five years.
During a rainstorm in May 2019, the Mermaid, carrying South Korean tourists, sank within seconds of the crash.
The Ukrainian captain of the Vikyn Sigyn cruise ship, Yuri Chaplinsky, denied wrongdoing but was found guilty of gross negligence.
Chaplinsky is expected to appeal.
[...]