Killer Boat to Be Extracted from Macedonia Lake Next Week

Society | September 12, 2009, Saturday // 11:15
Killer Boat Extracted from Macedonia Lake Next Week: Killer Boat to Be Extracted from Macedonia Lake Next Week The Macedonian Transport Ministry will have to pay EUR 30 000 to a Croatian specialist team for the Ilinden extraction operation. Photo by BGNES

The tourist boat Ilinden, which sunk on Lake Ohrid in Macedonia last Saturday leading to the death of 15 Bulgarian tourists, will be extracted from the Lake in the middle of next week.

The Macedonian Transport Ministry will have to pay EUR 30 000 to a Croatian specialist team for the extraction operation according to unofficial information published by Macedonian daily newspaper "Utrinski Vesnik".

The investigator from Bulgaria's National Investigative Services, Georgi Iliev, who is in Macedonia, working on the case reported Wednesday that the boat is 27 meters from the shore, 6 meters below water level. According to Iliev it could be taken out in 10 minutes, but the procedure itself was very complex, requiring lots of preparations.

Meanwhile local media reports suggest that the Ilinden boat had passed an inspection with flying colors on May 23 and that the number of people on board had not been a reason for the tragic accident.

 

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