# Tour boat sunk on the Danube **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 31, 2019, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tour-boat-sunk-on-the-danube/834801 "2019-05-31T01:01:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tour-boat-sunk-on-the-danube/834801/1 "2019-05-31T01:01:52Z")
[**Hungary boat capsizes: Seven South Koreans die on Danube**](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48454409) > [@](#): > > Thirty South Korean tourists and three tour guides, as well as two Hungarian crew, were on the tour boat when it collided with another vessel. > > The incident occurred just after 21:00 local time (19:00 GMT) on Wednesday. > > Seven people have been rescued, and a massive search operation is continuing on a river swollen by heavy rainfall. > > The rain had led to strong currents on the Danube, and rescue teams say there is little hope of finding more survivors. > > It was not immediately clear which vessel was responsible for the collision, a rare incident on the Danube where navigation is busy but generally safe. > > A criminal investigation has been launched. _Much more at the link._ Some of you may also remember the [Sewol disaster five years ago](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinking_of_MV_Sewol). ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tour-boat-sunk-on-the-danube/834801/2 "2019-05-31T14:55:19Z")
Is the surviving boat one of those Viking cruise line boats I see in ads all the time? ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2019, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tour-boat-sunk-on-the-danube/834801/3 "2019-06-01T03:29:40Z")
Yes. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2019, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tour-boat-sunk-on-the-danube/834801/4 "2019-06-01T06:44:41Z")
i find it fascinating that the fact it was a Viking ship was buried in the Times article. I know these clowns send me a brochure about every other day, but what hold do they have on news organizations. There have been no quotes from Viking that I’ve seen. The captain, from Odessa, was arrested. The coverage so far has almost made it seem like this was an act of god. Very weird. ---
**Author:** ![ataraxy22](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ataraxy22/32/307_2.png) [@ataraxy22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ataraxy22)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2019, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tour-boat-sunk-on-the-danube/834801/5 "2019-06-01T07:04:37Z")
They send me brochures 2x/day too. I wonder if this means the frequency will be reduced? ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2019, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tour-boat-sunk-on-the-danube/834801/6 "2019-06-01T08:13:57Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > i find it fascinating that the fact it was a Viking ship was buried in the Times article. I know these clowns send me a brochure about every other day, but what hold do they have on news organizations. There have been no quotes from Viking that I’ve seen. The captain, from Odessa, was arrested. The coverage so far has almost made it seem like this was an act of god. Very weird. well when 20=40 percent of your travel section is their advertising and handwritten stories… ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2019, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tour-boat-sunk-on-the-danube/834801/7 "2019-06-01T19:24:05Z")
It’s right up front in the linked video. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2019, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tour-boat-sunk-on-the-danube/834801/8 "2019-06-02T16:56:54Z")
I saw this story two days ago, while my parents were in Amsterdam, about to fly to Budapest…for a Danube River cruise…freaked me right out… ---
**Author:** ![Royal\_Nonesutch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecb155/32.png) [@Royal\_Nonesutch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Royal_Nonesutch)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2019, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tour-boat-sunk-on-the-danube/834801/9 "2019-06-02T17:13:57Z")
Perhaps the best $7.00 or $8.00 (U$D) you can ever spend in all of Europe is an hour-long “City Lights” night cruise on the Danube when visiting Budapest. The city is stunningly beautiful, truly majestic, and enjoying a couple glasses of Hungarian wine (included in the cost of the trip) in the fresh night air with a dozen different languages being spoken around you is something you will remember for the rest of your life. That said, I cannot imagine a more terrifying way to die, in a frenzy of chaos and panic, likely having a few agonizing minutes to process that you will soon be slipping into the dark, frigid water with almost no hope of survival. Those poor people.