Aschach an der Donau – Eleven passengers had been barely injured in an accident involving a river cruise ship on the Danube throughout the evening.
The ship got here from Passau and was on its option to Budapest with 142 passengers, largely from Germany, because the police in Upper Austria reported.
The accident occurred in a lock in Aschach an der Donau. A big contingent of emergency companies from the emergency companies, fireplace brigade, police, water police and delivery authorities had been on website.
The Bulgarian-flagged ship out of the blue turned unable to maneuver within the lock space and crashed right into a concrete wall, the police mentioned. The captain instantly pressed an emergency swap. He was capable of begin the electronics once more and steer it out of the lock. The delivery inspectorate solely discovered sheet steel injury to the facet partitions. The cruise ship subsequently continued in the direction of Linz. The solely injury to the lock was attributable to concrete abrasion.
Aschach an der Donau is positioned round 60 kilometers southeast of Passau. Linz is round 30 kilometers additional downstream.
17 injured in Austria: Cruise ship crashes into lock wall
Suddenly the captain may now not steer his ship and crashed right into a concrete wall! A couple of days after the deadly bridge accident in Baltimore (USA) now the ship accident in Austria.
The river cruiser with 142 passengers on board was on its means from Passau to Linz when the accident occurred within the lock space in Aschach an der Donau (Eferding district) on Saturday evening.
The influence injured 17 passengers; eleven of them – most of them from Germany – needed to be taken to hospital, in response to the police.
A big contingent of rescue staff and police had been deployed on the scene of the accident.
When requested by BILD, the police defined that the ship flying the Bulgarian flag was “suddenly unable to maneuver” when leaving a lock chamber after which crashed into the lock wall. The captain pressed the emergency button, whereupon the electronics began once more and the ship could possibly be steered out of the lock.
After an inspection by the delivery authority, the ship was capable of proceed its journey in the direction of Budapest regardless of injury.
Source: www.nationalturk.com
