Another victim found from Hungary tourist boat disaster, bringing death toll to 20
Another victim of the sinking of a sightseeing boat in Budapest has been found, Hungarian police said Sunday, bringing the death toll to 20 with eight people still missing. The woman's body was "pulled from the Danube near Szazhalombatta" on Saturday, around 21 km (13 ...
Recently refurbished German sailing ship, built in 1883, sinks after collision
A collision between a vintage sailing ship and a container vessel in Germany injured five people and sunk the wooden ship which had just been restored at a cost of €1.5 million ($ 1.7 million), police said. The 43 passengers and crew aboard the No. ...
Death toll from Danube tour boat collision rises to at least nine, with 19 still missing
Divers recovered the bodies Monday of two more victims who were on a tour boat that capsized and sank in the Danube River after a collision with a river cruise ship, Hungarian officials said. The grim work brought the accident's death toll to nine, while ...
Another body found after collision between two cargo ships off Japan coast
Another body was discovered Thursday as divers continued to search for missing crew members following a collision between cargo ships Sunday in the Pacific Ocean off eastern Japan, raising the death toll from the crash to three. A diver who was swimming near the sunken ...
Hope fades for finding 21 missing in Budapest boat disaster, with seven South Koreans confirmed dead
Hungarian rescue officials said there was little chance of finding survivors after a boat with South Korean tourists on board sank on the Danube River in Budapest, with seven people confirmed dead and 21 missing. The boat was cruising when it collided with a larger ...
Three people were killed and a child is missing after a motorized rubber boat capsized Thursday in the Rhine River between Germany and France. One of those killed was a passer-by who tried to help with the rescue. French and German rescuers are searching for ...
Runaway barges break loose, crash into Oklahoma dam and sink
Two unmanned barges that broke loose on the swollen Arkansas River in Oklahoma crashed into a dam hours later and sank Thursday, and they didn't cause the structure to fail, which officials feared might happen. The barges carrying about 3,800 pounds (1,725 kg) of phosphate ...
Italian ships rescue 66 migrants off Libya, posing new standoff over safe-haven port
Sixty-six migrants were rescued in international waters off Libya on Thursday during two separate operations carried out by the Italian navy and a charity ship, raising the likelihood of a new standoff over which port will take them in. The first group of 36 migrants ...
Stricken Norwegian cruise liner reaches port after airlift drama
A cruise liner that ran into trouble in stormy seas off Norway reached port under its own steam Sunday after hundreds of passengers were winched to safety by helicopter in a spectacular rescue operation. Escorted by tugboats, the Viking Sky arrived in the port of ...
Rescue workers off Norway's western coast on Saturday rushed to evacuate 1,300 passengers and crew from a disabled cruise ship by helicopter, winching them one-by-one to safety as heaving waves tossed the ship from side to side and high winds battered the operation. The Viking ...
Italian freighter sinks off France's Atlantic coast after fire; all 27 aboard rescued
An Italian cargo ship sank about 330 km (200 miles) off the Western Atlantic coast of France on Tuesday after rescue vessels were unable to put out a fire that broke out late Sunday, officials said. All 27 people aboard the Grande America were rescued ...
German migrant rescue ship renamed after tragic toddler Alan Kurdi
A German migrant rescue ship that operates in the Mediterranean was renamed Sunday after Alan Kurdi, a 3-year-old Syrian refugee boy whose body washed up on a Turkish beach at the height of the migrant crisis, sparking global outrage Alan's father, Abdullah Kurdi, and aunt, ...
