Monday, July 11, 2011

Cruise Ship Bulgaria sank in river Volga 100-missing

Russia, two bodies were recovered so far from the Volga river in Tatarstan after the cruise ship Bulgaria, carrying 185 people sank in the river yesterday. The Russian Emergencies Situation Ministry said, 80 people on board the double-decker ship have been rescued, over 100 passengers are still missing. Ministry spokeswoman Irina Andrianova said the chances of finding more survivors were very bleak. She said, rescuers are working round the clock. The Cruise Ship Bulgaria, built in 1955, had sank in river Volga near the village of Syukeyevo in the Russian republic of Tatarstan. The ill fated vintage ship was on its way from the Tatar town of Bolgar to Kazan.

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