Russian Emergencies Ministry will proceed to seal up from the bottom the ship "Bulgaria"

"Ship" Bulgaria "set to run aground in the backwater Kirelskoe. In this operation the Ministry of Transportation completed. Now rescuers have to seal the vessel and to pump water from it, "- said by telephone the official representative of the operational headquarters for the rise of" Bulgaria ", Head of Public Relations of Ministry of Transport Timur Khikmatov. On Friday evening, from the water surface was possible to deduce the upper deck of the vessel, after which the work was suspended in connection with the approach of night. On Saturday morning, it was decided in that position with two floating cranes, and accompanied by ten auxiliary vessels to transport "Bulgaria" in the shallow backwater to Kirelskoe. After the ship's starboard side will seal and will be held pumping water, the vessel will be made ​​available investigators, who are to ascertain the reasons for the shipwreck. "Bulgaria", coming on the tour route Bulgarians, Kazan, sank in the Kuibyshev Reservoir on July 10. Ship, built in 1955, received a right bias, and a few minutes left on the bottom. On board the "Bulgaria", according to the Investigative Committee of Russia, was 201 people, some passengers were not registered. 79 people were rescued. At the moment, confirmed the death of 114 people, eight are unaccounted for. All Regional News