S. Korean authorities continue search to find missing 3 victims of Danube sinking

  • 5 years ago
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It has been two weeks since a tourist boat carrying mostly South Korean passengers sank in the Danube river in Hungary.
25 people have been confirmed dead as of Thursday.
And we're just learning the captain of the cruise ship accused of causing the sinking... has been released on bail.
We have our Oh Soo-young on the line to provide us with the details.
Sooyoung, it seems the captain was released a few hours ago
That's right. The 64-year-old Ukranian man identified Yuriy C has been released from custody after a Hungarian court has maintained its decision to let him leave on bail,... turning down the prosecution's appeal against the move.
The bail was set at 53-thousand U.S. dollars.
The captain was arrested earlier this month, on the suspicion of criminal misconduct,... as his ship slammed into the side of the tourist boat,... causing it to sink.
The court ordered him to undergo police questioning twice a week and to wear an electronic tracking device so he cannot leave Budapest.
The captain's legal team has said he is devastated by the incident, but still denies any wrongdoing.
Meawhile, authorities are desperately searching for three remaining missing passengers. Rescuers found an additional victim on Wednesday evening local time,... and we hear the body has now been identified.
Yes, Seoul's foreign ministry says that victim in question was a South Korean man in his sixties who was a tourist on the boat.
At around 6PM local time on Wednesday, his remains were discovered 110 kilometers downstream from the accident near the town of Bolcske .
This brings the official death toll to 25,... of that number 23 have been confirmed as South Korean tourists and the other two as Hungarian crew members.
Only seven people survived the fatal crash. Three passengers remain missing and are presumed to be dead.
Of course, the search is still ongoing.
South Korean authorities began searching inside the tourist boat on Thursday morning local time,... however, they haven't been able to find any of the missing passengers inside the wreckage.
An earlier search inside the vessel conducted by Hungarian police on Wednesday had also failed to discover any additional bodies.
In the meantime, the two sides are continuing their search along the Danube.
Back to you, Daniel.

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