[1/2] The Mermaid, a Hungarian boat which sank in the Danube river near Margaret bridge, is moved away during a salvage operation in Budapest, Hungary, June 11, 2019. REUTERS/Tamas Kaszas/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights
BUDAPEST, Sept 26 (Reuters) – The Ukrainian captain of a Swiss cruise liner told a Hungarian court on Tuesday that he was “deeply sorry” about a 2019 accident in which his boat hit and sank a much smaller boat on the Danube, killing 25 South Korean tourists and its two crew.
The court is expected to deliver a sentence later on Tuesday. The smaller tourist boat Mermaid, with 35 people on board, sank under a bridge during heavy rain.
Reporting by Boldizsar Gyori; Editing by Kim Coghill
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