A private pleasure boat collided with the Oka-5 cargo barge on the night of July 30-31 in the Moscow River near Kosygina Street and sank.
© RIA Novosti . Ruslan Krivobok / Go to the mediabankA private pleasure boat collided with the Oka-5 cargo barge on the night of July 30-31 in the Moscow River near Kosygina Street and sank.
A private pleasure boat collided with the Oka-5 cargo barge on the night of July 30-31 in the Moscow River near Kosygina Street and sank.
© RIA Novosti . Ruslan Krivobok / Go to the mediabankThere were 16 people aboard the boat, according to the Emergency Ministry’s data.
There were 16 people aboard the boat, according to the Emergency Ministry’s data.
© RIA Novosti . Ruslan Krivobok / Go to the mediabankThe victims’ colleagues who arrived at the scene told RIA Novosti that young people celebrated a birthday of one of their friends from abroad during that night aboard the pleasure boat.
The victims’ colleagues who arrived at the scene told RIA Novosti that young people celebrated a birthday of one of their friends from abroad during that night aboard the pleasure boat.
© RIA Novosti . Ruslan Krivobok / Go to the mediabankRussia’s Investigative Committee has launched a pre-investigation check into the vessel collision in the Moscow River.
Russia’s Investigative Committee has launched a pre-investigation check into the vessel collision in the Moscow River.
© RIA Novosti . Ruslan Krivobok / Go to the mediabankRescuers were able to rescue six passengers from the sunken boat. One passenger swam to the shore on his own.
Rescuers were able to rescue six passengers from the sunken boat. One passenger swam to the shore on his own.
© RIA Novosti . Ruslan Krivobok / Go to the mediabankThe boat accident left seven people dead as of 10:00 a.m. Moscow time.
The boat accident left seven people dead as of 10:00 a.m. Moscow time.
© RIA Novosti . Ruslan Krivobok / Go to the mediabankThe search for the missing persons is continuing. As many as 72 rescue workers of the Emergency Ministry and 15 divers are working at the scene of the accident.
The search for the missing persons is continuing. As many as 72 rescue workers of the Emergency Ministry and 15 divers are working at the scene of the accident.
© RIA Novosti . Ruslan Krivobok / Go to the mediabankVehicles of Russia’s Emergency Ministry on the Vorobyov Embankment of the Moscow River where a rescue operation is underway at the site of the collision between the Lastochka pleasure boat and the Oka-5 cargo barge (in the background).
Vehicles of Russia’s Emergency Ministry on the Vorobyov Embankment of the Moscow River where a rescue operation is underway at the site of the collision between the Lastochka pleasure boat and the Oka-5 cargo barge (in the background).
© RIA Novosti . Ruslan Krivobok / Go to the mediabankRescuers are trying to pull the sunken boat out from water with the help of a prime mover.
Rescuers are trying to pull the sunken boat out from water with the help of a prime mover.
© RIA Novosti . Ruslan Krivobok / Go to the mediabankAccording to the rescue operational headquarters, the boat’s cabin was torn down while the boat is caught between the hull of the barge and the river bottom.
According to the rescue operational headquarters, the boat’s cabin was torn down while the boat is caught between the hull of the barge and the river bottom.
© RIA Novosti . Ruslan Krivobok / Go to the mediabankRescuers working at the scene of the collision between the boat and the barge are waiting for the arrival of a floating crane to pull the boat from under the barge.
Rescuers working at the scene of the collision between the boat and the barge are waiting for the arrival of a floating crane to pull the boat from under the barge.