On Saturday, a Bulgarian river cruise ship met with a mishap on the Danube river in Austria when it collided with a lock.
Seventeen passengers aboard the vessel sustained injuries due to the incident. As per the media reports, the vessel lost steering control and collided with the sides of a lock. A lock is a device used for raising and lowering boats between stretches of water and are constructed to enable the passage of boats through sections with varying elevations.
Eleven of the injured individuals were transported to nearby hospitals. However, the severity of their injuries are yet to be determined, as per by a police spokesperson. Moreover, six others people sustained minor injuries. The incident occurred as the ship, carrying approximately 160 passengers, was en route from Bavaria, Germany to the Austrian city of Linz.
Most of the passengers aboard the ship were from Germany. Notably, the vessel encountered difficulties while it was navigating through narrow locks around 9:45 pm on Friday. Later, there was a temporary loss of power to its electronic systems. Because of the situation, the ship was rendered unsteerable.
It hit the concrete sides of the lock passage near Aschach. Aschach, a few miles upstream from Linz, is a region located in the Lower Bavaria region of Germany and is situated along the Danube River, one of Europe’s major rivers flowing through many countries and serving as an important transportation route for the region.
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