Korea and Hungary to start test dives to reach sunken tourist boat
- 5 years ago
"헝가리 당국, 5∼9일 침몰한 유람선 인양 완료 방침"
We’ve already entered the sixth day since the sinking of a cruise boat in Budapest that carried 33 passengers, most of whom were South Koreans.
While no progress has been made in search and recovery efforts since the night of the accident... a South Korea-Hungary joint press briefing was held just about an hour ago on their latest findings.
For more, our Kim Hye-sung joins on the line. Hye-sung what was the gist of the briefing?
Right. The Hungarian government held a press briefing just about an hour ago.
The Korean government said divers from Korea and Hungary will jointly enter the water starting Wednesday for boat salvage operation and work through Sunday by the latest.
Two divers from each country will enter the boat using ladders.
They will use GPS and other equipment to find the location of diving and have a crane on the Chain bridge that can carry up to 200 tons.
And just coming in, Hungarian local media said four bodies were found on the Danube River.
The Korean embassy in Hungary is confirming this with the Hungarian authorities.
It must be a difficult time for the families of the victims.
The accident took place last Thursday. Why is taking so long for divers to go in or search and rescue operations to take place?
Exactly, so 35 people were on that boat in Budapest Thursday night, seven were rescued, seven have been confirmed dead, 21 are still missing including two Hungarians and 19 Koreans.
Following the sinking of the boat, Hungarian search and rescue operators tried diving in couple times, but the water current was too powerful that even special forces from Austria were not able to dive in.
Due to rain, the water is now 517 centimeters, higher than 501 centimeters, with a current of four meters per second, making it difficult and dangerous for divers to do any kind of work.
Now the current is a little weaker, and for the first time since the accident, Korean rescue divers went into the Danube to do a run-through for about thirty minutes today.
Going forward, the weather, and cooperation between Korea and Hungary will be important to finding the bodies and lifting up the boat.
That's all I have for now, back to you Daeun.
We’ve already entered the sixth day since the sinking of a cruise boat in Budapest that carried 33 passengers, most of whom were South Koreans.
While no progress has been made in search and recovery efforts since the night of the accident... a South Korea-Hungary joint press briefing was held just about an hour ago on their latest findings.
For more, our Kim Hye-sung joins on the line. Hye-sung what was the gist of the briefing?
Right. The Hungarian government held a press briefing just about an hour ago.
The Korean government said divers from Korea and Hungary will jointly enter the water starting Wednesday for boat salvage operation and work through Sunday by the latest.
Two divers from each country will enter the boat using ladders.
They will use GPS and other equipment to find the location of diving and have a crane on the Chain bridge that can carry up to 200 tons.
And just coming in, Hungarian local media said four bodies were found on the Danube River.
The Korean embassy in Hungary is confirming this with the Hungarian authorities.
It must be a difficult time for the families of the victims.
The accident took place last Thursday. Why is taking so long for divers to go in or search and rescue operations to take place?
Exactly, so 35 people were on that boat in Budapest Thursday night, seven were rescued, seven have been confirmed dead, 21 are still missing including two Hungarians and 19 Koreans.
Following the sinking of the boat, Hungarian search and rescue operators tried diving in couple times, but the water current was too powerful that even special forces from Austria were not able to dive in.
Due to rain, the water is now 517 centimeters, higher than 501 centimeters, with a current of four meters per second, making it difficult and dangerous for divers to do any kind of work.
Now the current is a little weaker, and for the first time since the accident, Korean rescue divers went into the Danube to do a run-through for about thirty minutes today.
Going forward, the weather, and cooperation between Korea and Hungary will be important to finding the bodies and lifting up the boat.
That's all I have for now, back to you Daeun.