BREAKING NEWS-Russia says 128 may be dead in Volga river accident - Polidicks

[QUOTE=Reuters]* [URL="http://www.reuters.com/places/russia"]Russia[/URL] says boat was overloaded and in poor condition* Russia says 208 people on board, 80 rescued * Divers says dozens of bodies still trapped in sunken boat (Recasts, adds Kremlin comments, updates death toll) KAZAN, Russia, July 11 (Reuters) - Russia said there was little hope of finding any more people alive on Monday after an overloaded tourist boat sank in the Volga River, killing as many as 128 people in Russia's worst river accident in three decades. Eighty people were rescued on Sunday after the Bulgaria, a double-decked river cruiser built in 1955, sank 3 km (2 miles) from shore in a broad stretch of the river in Tatarstan. Emergency Situations Minister Sergei Shoigu told President Dmitry Medvedev that there was little hope of finding more survivors as divers brought up dozens of bodies from the vessel. As many as 60 of the passengers may have been children, Russian media reported, and survivors said some 30 children had gathered in a room near the stern of the ship to play just minutes before it sank. "Practically no children made it out. There were many children on the boat, very many," survivor Natalya Makarova said on state television. She said she had lost her grip on her daughter as they struggled to escape. "We were all buried alive in the boat like in a metal coffin," Makarova said, who escaped through a window. "I practically crawled up from the bottom. My 10-year-old child was with me, I held onto her as long as possible ... I couldn't hold on." Medvedev said the sinking would not have happened if safety rules had been observed. "According to the information we have today, the vessel was in poor condition," Medvedev told a hastily convened meeting of senior ministers at his Gorki residence outside Moscow. "The number of old rust tubs which we have sailing is exorbitant." Seeking to deflect possible criticism of the authorities ahead of the March presidential election, he called for a "total examination" of passenger transport vehicles in Russia and announced a nationwide day of mourning on Tuesday. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sent his condolences. SOBS OF RELIEF Cruises on the Volga, which cuts through the heart of Russia hundreds of kilometres east of Moscow and drains into the Caspian Sea, are popular among Russians and foreigners. Rescuers said they had raised 48 bodies to the surface but added that divers had seen more bodies trapped in the restaurant cabin of the Bulgaria, a 78-metre craft the Emergency Situations Ministry said was designed for up to 140 passengers. It had 208 people on board including 25 unregistered passengers, Emergencies Minister Shoigu said. A spokeswoman for the Prosecutor General said the Bulgaria was overloaded, had no licence to carry passengers and a problem with its left engine. Survivors said the boat listed to its side and sank in minutes on Sunday. Mikhail Korbanov, the editor of Russia's River Transport magazine, said the sinking was the most deadly river accident since the Alexander Suvorov crashed into a railroad bridge on the Volga in 1983, killing at least 176 people. There were sobs of relief as anxious relatives greeted survivors who were brought to the port in Kazan, Tatarstan's capital, late on Sunday. "The child is back there, the child is back there," one man cried, wailing with grief as he hugged a woman tightly. The Federal Investigative Committee said it had confiscated documents from the company that owned the boat. Spokesman Vladimir Markin said investigators were looking into why the boat was listing to the right when it set out. Lax implementation of safety rules are responsible for many of Russia's deadly accidents, from fires to plane crashes and mining disasters. At least five people were killed and 30 injured when a Russian plane made an emergency landing on a Siberian river after an engine caught fire on Monday. (Writing by Steve Gutterman in Moscow; Editing by Alison Williams)[/QUOTE] Source: [URL="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/11/russia-boat-refile-idUSLDE76A09M20110711"]http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/11/russia-boat-refile-idUSLDE76A09M20110711 [/URL] [URL="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/11/russia-boat-refile-idUSLDE76A09M20110711"]T[/URL]HAT IS VERY SAD. :( [video=youtube;rWpiv7hFTls]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWpiv7hFTls[/video] This video made me sadder.

Well that boat did look very unsafe but sad that this happened

Pft. Back in my day 128 people dead on the Volga river was nothing. [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Tasteless" - Perfumly))[/highlight]

[QUOTE=Nikota;31047057]Pft. Back in my day 128 people dead on the Volga river was nothing.[/QUOTE] I'm sorry are you trying to be funny or just being a prick?

[QUOTE=YouWithTheFace.;31047124]I'm sorry are you trying to be funny or just being a prick?[/QUOTE] It could be both. Loss of life sucks but hey. Shit happens.

[QUOTE=YouWithTheFace.;31047124]I'm sorry are you trying to be funny or just being a prick?[/QUOTE] He tries to be a funny but he is a prick.

Speaking of. What was the worse accident 3 decades ago on the river?

I never understood the term "breaking news", it's generally for incredibly important, current news that's being updated constantly which affects a large portion of people. Now, people are using it for things that have been posted right after it happens. Regardless, this sucks. Hope the casualties aren't as bad as they say they are.

[QUOTE=YouWithTheFace.;31047124]I'm sorry are you trying to be funny or just being a prick?[/QUOTE] Maybe he still hasn't gotten over the Cold War that ended near 20 years ago.

I was on Volga river once.

[QUOTE=Fhenexx;31047179]Maybe he still hasn't gotten over the Cold War that ended near 20 years ago.[/QUOTE] Yes. Because I live my entire life in mid 80's red scare.

Terrible...

[QUOTE=Nikota;31047057]Pft. Back in my day 128 people dead on the Volga river was nothing.[/QUOTE] You're failing at trolling, or being funny for that matter

[QUOTE=OrionChronicles;31047247]You're failing at trolling, or being funny for that matter[/QUOTE] Win some lose some.

[QUOTE=Nikota;31047275]Win some lose some.[/QUOTE] Your an idiot. [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Flaming" - Perfumly))[/highlight]

[QUOTE=gt118;31047313]Your an idiot.[/QUOTE] Thanks.

I found it slightly unnerving that the 2 people they talked to were pretty straight-faced about it all.

Yes this is terrible but [quote]* [URL="http://www.reuters.com/places/russia"]Russia[/URL] says boat was overloaded and in poor condition* Russia says 208 people on board, 80 rescued[/quote] it was their own fault really.

This is very bad. I hate when those things happen. [img]http://sae.tweek.us/static/images/emoticons/emot-smith.gif[/img] [QUOTE=Nikota;31047057]Pft. Back in my day 128 people dead on the Volga river was nothing.[/QUOTE]Иди на хуй.

[QUOTE=SilverHedgehog;31047386]This is very bad. I hate when those things happen. [img]http://sae.tweek.us/static/images/emoticons/emot-smith.gif[/img] Иди на хуй.[/QUOTE] I'll try to get there by boat.

[QUOTE=Nikota;31047057]Pft. Back in my day 128 people dead on the Volga river was nothing.[/QUOTE] [img]http://u.cubeupload.com/Solidus/emotfrog.gif[/img] Back in your day, mentally deficient children were treated at specialized locations. Why didn't you seek help and treatment? [editline]1[/editline] [QUOTE=Flip pl;31047342]Yes this is terrible but it was their own fault really.[/QUOTE] Because we all know the limits of seemingly old riverboats, nice.

[QUOTE=Marbalo;31047417]I hate people like this. How was it in any way their fault? Are you implying they deserved it? Or knew the boat was being somewhat overloaded? Yes, it's terrible. Leave it at that.[/QUOTE] Of course they didn't deserve it and it wasn't the victims fault but rather the ship/trip operator/director.

I can't tell if it's funny or not that the ship was named 'Bulgaria'.

[QUOTE=Nikota;31047152]It could be both. Loss of life sucks but hey. Shit happens.[/QUOTE]Shut the fuck up you disrespectful cunt. [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Flaming" - Perfumly))[/highlight]

[QUOTE=Flip pl;31047558]Of course they didn't deserve it and it wasn't the victims fault but rather the ship/trip operator/director.[/QUOTE] This. You really have to take note that the Captain should have known how many people the boat could carry, and even then, he should have taken the time or money to actually fix it up.

That granddad was damn chill over just losing his entire family.

[QUOTE=Sexy Eskimo;31053659]That granddad was damn chill over just losing his entire family.[/QUOTE] I'm pretty sure he was not "chill". It's called being in shock. Things come out matter-of-factly, but I guarantee you he'll feel the effects of this his entire life.

And another video. Be warned, there are scenes of dead bodies. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uE8lcw6XUGU[/media]

[QUOTE=Ignhelper;31191128]And another video. Be warned, there are scenes of dead bodies. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uE8lcw6XUGU[/media][/QUOTE] Thanks for the video..this just shows everyone how bad it was.

This reminds me of that one ship... what was its name? The cruise ship that was preparing to leave Chicago and sail around Lake Michigan for a bit. It capsized in the Chicago river because it had been overloaded. Huge number of dead. This was all back in the 1900's iirc. EDIT: Here we go. The SS Eastland. [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Eastland[/url] Top heavy design made it prone to listing, and the particularly large number of passengers on the day of the disaster (July 24, 1915) led to the Eastland capsizing at its moorings. [b]844 lives were lost.[/b] God damn.