14 Injured as River Cruise Ship Crashes Near Vienna
The ship’s bow was badly damaged, and authorities said no one went overboard or suffered serious injuries.
- On Friday, a river cruise ship carrying around 200 people collided with a quay wall and lock gate at the Freudenau in Vienna, injuring 14 passengers.
- The incident occurred at the Freudenau lock, a major stop on River Danube trips connecting Budapest, Bratislava and Passau, as the Fire and Rescue Service issued a level 2 alert.
- Six people were taken to hospital for treatment, though Rescue Service spokesperson Daniel Melcher said, "There were no seriously injured people; nobody was in a critical condition."
- Many passengers fell due to the impact, though authorities confirmed the vessel did not leak and nobody went overboard; emergency staff searched the water before inspecting the ship.
- Vienna remains one of Europe's busiest river cruise destinations, with hundreds of vessels visiting the Austrian capital annually and bringing hundreds of thousands of passengers to the city.
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14 Injured as River Cruise Ship Crashes Near Vienna
Key Aspects: The river cruise ship Anna Katharina crashed into the quay wall and a lock gate near Vienna on Friday morning, July 24. Extensive damage was done to the ship’s bow, and 14 passengers suffered minor injuries in the incident. The cause of the crash has not yet been confirmed, but a full investigation is underway. Passengers aboard the 180-guest river cruise ship Anna Katharina got a very rude awakening near 4 a.m. on Friday, July 24,…
A cruise airliner, MS Anna Katharina, encountered a lock in Vienna, carrying about 200 people, 14 passengers injured, six of whom were hospitalized.
Ship accident on the Danube near Vienna! On Friday the "MS Anna Katharina" collided on a cruise in Vienna with a lock and the quay wall.
Most of the passengers were still asleep when they were awakened. A river cruise ship of the Bonn-based provider Phoenix Reisen rammed a lock. Some injured had to go to the hospital.
On the Danube in Austria a river cruise ship was apparently out of control. It also hit a lock gate, 14 people were injured according to saviors.
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