Bodies found as Danube tour boat raised
Budapest: The bodies of four victims appear to have been recovered from the sunken Danube River tour boat being brought to the surface in Hungary's capital.
Rescue personnel could be seen early on Tuesday, Budapest time, on a barge next to the partially raised boat, carrying stretchers, each with a body bag on them.
Divers, meanwhile, were continuing to search the hull of the boat in the early stages of the lifting procedure.
A huge floating crane is being used at Budapest's Margit Bridge, where the boat sank on May 29 after colliding with a much larger river cruise ship.
Nineteen South Korean tourists and a Hungarian crewman are confirmed to have died, with eight people still listed as missing.
Only seven of the 35 people on board - 33 South Koreans and two Hungarian crew members - were rescued.
The captain of the other ship in the collision, the Viking Sigyn, has been under arrest since June 1.
Police on Sunday carried out another inspection of the Viking Sigyn, which left Budapest less than 48 hours after the collision with the Hableany but was back in Hungary on a scheduled trip and docked at the town of Visegrad, north of Budapest.
AP