No chance of finding survivors on Russian yachts

Russian officials say there is little hope to find survivors on the boat sank Bulgaria. This accident is the worst on the Russian River three decades.

According to Reuters , 80 people were saved yesterday when the boat sank on the River Volga Bulgaria. Minister of the Russian emergencies, Sergei Shoigu, told President Dmitry Medvedev that there is little hope to find more survivors, while the divers brought up dozens of bodies from sunken yacht. Russian media reports, the ship in distress can accommodate up to 60 passengers are children.

A woman suffering by the news of relatives in distress. (Photo: AP)

Natalya Makarova - a survivor, said on national television that there are many children on board. The woman said her hands were to slip her daughter as they struggle to escape.

"We were all buried alive, in the boat as in a metal coffin," Makarova escape through a window, said."I really crawl up from the bottom of the boat. 10-year-old son accompanied me. I tried my best to keep it but can not. "

Rescuers were 48 corpses brought to the surface. They also said that the divers saw many bodies trapped in the cabin of the ship's restaurant. According to Minister Shoigu, all 208 people aboard, including 25 who are not registered. An official from Bulgaria revealed the ship was overloaded, unlicensed passenger and there are problems with the left engine.

Ambulance, relatives and friends waiting for news of victims on the coast.

According to Mikhail Korbanov, editor of the magazine transport Russian River , the boat is sinking river accidents killed more people since Alexander Suvorov when the boat hit a bridge on the river Volga in 1983, leaving at least 176 dead.

The federal commission said they had seized documents from the company that owns the boat. A spokesman Vladimir Markin informed investigators are looking for reasons why the boat was leaning right when it departs.

Apart from the terrible accident, at least five people were killed and 30 wounded when a Russian plane crash-landed on a river of Siberia, as the engine caught fire today.