Captain of cruise liner involved in Danube boat collision had previous accident -prosecutors


  • World
  • Thursday, 06 Jun 2019

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - The Ukrainian captain of a cruise liner that collided with a Hungarian pleasure boat on the Danube last week was captain of a boat in the Netherlands that caused an accident there in April, Hungarian prosecutors said on Thursday.

In a statement the prosecutors also said their investigation showed the captain had "deleted data from his phone" after the collision in Budapest.

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