Salvage crews start operation to lift Hungarian boat sunk in Danube

Salvage crews started an operation Tuesday to raise the wreck of a Hungarian boat that capsized on the Danube river in Budapest, killing 26 South Korean tourists and two Hungarian crew, Reuters TV reported from the scene.

The Mermaid sank after a large Swiss-owned cruise liner struck it from behind on May 29 as both vessels passed under a 19th-century bridge in the Hungarian capital during heavy rain. It was the worst disaster in half a century on Europe's longest river. The bodies of all but eight of the victims have been recovered.