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Five injured in collision
On Oct 5, 2019, the 'Prinzessin Isabella', which had sailed from Vienna on Sep 29 with 165 passengers on board was in collision with the Panama flagged cargo m/v 'Blue Star I', which was enroute from Piraues to Galati, on the Danube at river mile 43 between the port of Tulcea and Ishmael in the Odessa region. Five people, all of them passengers, were injured, two were taken to the hospital by the Tulcea Ambulance Service. The cruise ship suffered severe damage in the superstructure area at starbiard sude, where a number of cabins on the upper passenger deck were torn open and crushed. The cruise ship berthed in Tulcea at 7.50 a.m. The 'Bleu Star I' moored near the town in pos. 45° 13.41' N 028° 43.46 E. The Romanian police launched an investigation. The river cruise ship left Tulcea the same day at 8.30 p.m., headed to Passau with an ETA as of Oct 10, 8 a.m. The 'Blue Star I' also resumed its voyage after the investigations were completed and headed to Galati. , She finally reached the port of destination on Oct 15 around 10 p.m. The 'Prinzessin Isabella' berthed at the Slovenské lodenice Komárno, Komarno, for repairs on Oct 14 at 4 p.m. She sailed again on Nov 29 at noon and headed to Vienna where she arrived on Nov 30 and started its next cruise towards Passau with an ETA as of Dec 5. Reports with photos and video: https://fakty.ua/320162-na-dunae-stolknulis-passazhirskij-lajner-i-gruzovoe-sudno-est-postradavshie-foto https://www.tlnews.ro/accident-naval-la-mila-43-pe-dunare-cinci-persoane-au-ajuns-la-spital-dupa-ce-o-nava-de-croaziera-si-un-cargo-s-au-ciocnit/accident-naval-tulcea/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=01OQZICwZgg
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