A small boat with three men on board capsized in Kamchatka; Their whereabouts are unknown. The Kamchatka Transport Prosecutor’s Office reported this on Tuesday, June 23.
The accident occurred on the evening of June 22. The men were traveling from the port of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to Avacha Bay to fish. The steamboat capsized and the search and rescue operation is still ongoing.
The Kamchatka Transport Prosecutor’s Office has taken control of the situation and the circumstances of the accident are being determined, the statement said. message.
Earlier, a boat carrying tourists capsized in Lake Baikal. There were 18 people on board, five of whom died. It is possible that the cause of the accident was overweight – the boat is designed to accommodate only 10 people. The company organizing the tour is owned by the wife of a former official. The woman was previously nominated for the position of Tourism Minister of Buryatia. The main thing about the tragedy and its possible causes is contained in the materials from the “Moscow Evening”.