One additional body recovered Tuesday 55km from accident spot
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헝가리, 침몰지점 하류 55㎞서 아시아 남성 추정 시신 수습
We start with the latest from Hungary,... where a boat carrying dozens of Korean tourists sank in the Danube last Wednesday.
Search teams recovered one more body on Tuesday, but has yet to confirm his identity. If he was found to be a passenger of the boat, the official death toll will now be TEN, with 18 others missing.
For the latest we have our Kim Mok-yeon on the line for us.
Mok-yeon, tell us more.
Sure Daniel, just about an hour ago, the Korean search team in Hungary announced that.. a body of a man who is assumed to be an Asian in his 50's.. had been found by a military helicopter, some 55 kilometers away from where the boat sunk.
The body is being sent into a local hospital, but authorities say its expected to take some time to confirm his identity.
If the man turns out to be one of the missing passengers, the official death toll from the tragedy will now rise to 10.
Earlier on Monday, the Korean search team in Hungary recovered two bodies.
One was a body of a female in her 50's which was found from the left-side stern of the boat, and another, of a man in his 60's which was found on the banks of the Danube, more than a hundred kilometers south of the accident site.
So Mok-yeon, it's around... 3 p.m., in Hungary, how is the investigation going today?
Well, today, the Korean team and the Hungarian authorities began their underwater search at around 9 a.m., local time.
After a holding a joint meeting, Korean defense attache Song Shun-keun told reporters that the two sides agreed to continue with the underwater search operations until the boat gets salvaged.
However he said that the two were not able to reach an agreement on holding inspections inside the boat due to the opposition of Hungarian authorities over safety concerns.
Regarding salvage operations, he said that it could be done as early as Thursday local time.
"The crane is expected to arrive here on Thursday. We are planning to use the crane and ropes to lift the boat, but we are still discussing the details. So we will be able to begin salvage operations as early as Thursday afternoon and if late, around Friday or Saturday."
Alongside search efforts, the survivors have begun giving additional testimonies about the details of the incident an hour ago, and family members of the two victims found on Monday,.. are expected to visit a local hospital to confirm the identity of the bodies any time now.
Back to you Daniel.
We start with the latest from Hungary,... where a boat carrying dozens of Korean tourists sank in the Danube last Wednesday.
Search teams recovered one more body on Tuesday, but has yet to confirm his identity. If he was found to be a passenger of the boat, the official death toll will now be TEN, with 18 others missing.
For the latest we have our Kim Mok-yeon on the line for us.
Mok-yeon, tell us more.
Sure Daniel, just about an hour ago, the Korean search team in Hungary announced that.. a body of a man who is assumed to be an Asian in his 50's.. had been found by a military helicopter, some 55 kilometers away from where the boat sunk.
The body is being sent into a local hospital, but authorities say its expected to take some time to confirm his identity.
If the man turns out to be one of the missing passengers, the official death toll from the tragedy will now rise to 10.
Earlier on Monday, the Korean search team in Hungary recovered two bodies.
One was a body of a female in her 50's which was found from the left-side stern of the boat, and another, of a man in his 60's which was found on the banks of the Danube, more than a hundred kilometers south of the accident site.
So Mok-yeon, it's around... 3 p.m., in Hungary, how is the investigation going today?
Well, today, the Korean team and the Hungarian authorities began their underwater search at around 9 a.m., local time.
After a holding a joint meeting, Korean defense attache Song Shun-keun told reporters that the two sides agreed to continue with the underwater search operations until the boat gets salvaged.
However he said that the two were not able to reach an agreement on holding inspections inside the boat due to the opposition of Hungarian authorities over safety concerns.
Regarding salvage operations, he said that it could be done as early as Thursday local time.
"The crane is expected to arrive here on Thursday. We are planning to use the crane and ropes to lift the boat, but we are still discussing the details. So we will be able to begin salvage operations as early as Thursday afternoon and if late, around Friday or Saturday."
Alongside search efforts, the survivors have begun giving additional testimonies about the details of the incident an hour ago, and family members of the two victims found on Monday,.. are expected to visit a local hospital to confirm the identity of the bodies any time now.
Back to you Daniel.