BUDAPEST – Commemorations will be held Friday on the anniversary of the Danube River tragedy in which a sightseeing boat carrying mostly tourists from South Korea sank after a collision with a river cruise ship that killed at least 27 people.
At least 25 out of 33 South Korean tourists died when the Hableany (Mermaid) boat capsized at the foot of Budapest’s Margit Bridge near the neo-Gothic Hungarian parliament building on the night of May 29, 2019.
The boat’s two-man Hungarian crew also died, while a female South Korean tourist is still missing. Some of the victims’ bodies were found weeks after the crash more than 100 kilometers (60 miles) downstream.