Add to favorite
 
Subscribe to our Newsletters Subscribe to our Newsletters Get Daily Updates RSS

Russia Mourns the Victims of the Bulgaria Ship Accident
10.07.2011 22:53
Russia Mourns the Victims of the Bulgaria Ship Accident

12th July was declared the day of national mourning, following the sinking of the Bulgaria ship on the river Volga on Sunday, July 10.


      

The ship was servicing a two-day cruise on the route Kazan-Bulgar-Kazan when it sank in the storm. Out of 208 people who boarded the ship, 71 are now confirmed as dead, possibly including children. The savers are presently working on the site, uncovering the debris of the children's room aboard the ship. 79 people were saved.


      

This tragic event, the officials argue, could have been avoided, had it not been for the notorious Russian corruption. As the postfactum ship survey concluded, the Bulgaria was overboarded, and there were not enough lifeboats to take all passengers ashore. Interestingly, 25 passengers were not registered for boarding.


      

This is yet another one in the line of transportation accidents that raises questions about the state of the Soviet transport inherited by modern Russia. The President Dmitry Medvedev has already called for withdrawal of TU-134 after a series of plane crashes that took scores of lives. Antonov-24 looks to follow in TU-134 footsteps after its engine caught fire and was forced to ditch in the water; five people died in the accident. Now, it appears that even on water there is little security for travellers. The commentators duly wonder how all these events are going to affect the Russian tourism industry.


      

Sources:


      

RBC.RU, Interfax.ru, The Standard, Russia 1 TV Channel.


      

 


      

 


Author: Julia Shuvalova

Tags: Bulgaria ship accident russian transport    

Next Previous


You might also find interesting:








Comment on our site


RSS   twitter      submit


Ïàðòåð


TAGS:
Exhibitions in Moscow  marriage  Russian tourism  Anastasiya Vertinskaya  Russian circus  Russian economy  Industrial growth  Active Travel  Fashion  Russian Award  Russian Cinema  the Golden Ring of Russia  Russian space exploration  Russian Film Distribution  intelligence service  Moscow Region  St. Petersburg  FC Terek  Pomorye  Republic of Bashkortostan  Vedomosti  Russian scientists  Novogorod  EcoBattle  Russian Internet  Russian business  Russian culture  Russian fashion week  Russian football  Elbrus  Industrial Tours  Nizhny Novgorod  Ferapontovo  Tatiana Dogileva  the Garage Centre for Contemporary Culture  Kamila Kurbani  international cooperation  Russian designers  Cancer  Nizhny Novgorod Region  Bolshoi Theater  incident  Russian science  Navalny  Russian Avant-Garde  Charity  Moscow  The Irkutsk Region  Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia  accident 


Travel Blogs
Top Traveling Sites