The double-decked riverboat Bulgaria, built in 1955 in Czechoslovakia, sank on Sunday during a thunderstorm three kilometers from the shore. 12.07.2011, Sputnik International
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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