The Hableány being lifted to the surface. (Image: Zoltan Fulop / Shutterstock.com)

The smaller tourist boat Hableány (Mermaid), with 35 people on board, sank after being hit by the river cruiser in Budapest under a bridge during heavy rain. Some 25 of those killed were South Koreans.

The Mermaid’s captain and one of its crew members also died. One body is still missing. It was the worst disaster on the Danube in more than half a century, Reuters says.