Investigators have located the ship diary of the "Ilinden" tour boat, the Bulgarian National Television (BNT) reports Sunday evening.

On September 5, "Ilinden" sunk in the waters of the Ohrid Lake in Macedonia, killing 15 Bulgarian tourists.

If the diary had been regularly updated, investigators believe it would be able to reveal the boat's technical condition before it departed with the Bulgarian group.

The diary was found during the first inspection after the Croatian company removed the remains of the tour boat from the water Saturday.

At the moment, the diary's pages are being dried one by one, BNT reports.

The investigators did not conduct a second inspection of the ship Sunday as it was previously announced. They are still working on 6 versions, but the one about premeditated murder is certainly fading away, according to BNT.

Bulgarian investigator, Georgi Iliev, also rejected any idea of premeditation, and says that the lack of rules and requirements, inappropriate distribution of passengers on the boat and systematic overloading were the most likely reasons for the tragedy while the breaking of the rope further contributed to the sinking.

The investigation is led by a group of Bulgarian, Macedonian, and Croatian experts, who are scheduled to begin next week biochemical analysis of the evidence.

The Bulgarian experts, however, are returning back after the first inspection because, according to Macedonian law, they no longer have the right to participate in their investigation. They will begin interrogating witnesses in Bulgaria.

The captains of the boat are to take the witness stand Monday in Ohrid.

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