Russia said there was little hope of finding any more people alive on Monday after an overloaded tourist boat sank in the Volga River, killing 128 people in Russia's worst river accident in three decades.
On Sunday, the boat carrying more than 200 vacationers on a cruise of the Volga and Volga Reservoir capsized when it was hit by a side-length wave during a rain storm.
Russian national flags were half flutter on Sunday as a mourning for the died victims of the boat disaster.
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A Russian Emergencies Ministry member stands onboard a rescue vessel near bodies of victims of the tourist boat "Bulgaria", which sank on the Volga river, in Russia's Tatarstan region in this still image taken from video footage July 11, 2011. Russia said there was little hope of finding any more people alive Monday after an overloaded tourist boat sank in the Volga River, killing as many as 128 people in Russia's worst river accident in three decades.REUTERSA diver from Russian Emergencies Ministry lifts a body of a victim of the tourist boat "Bulgaria", which sank on the Volga river, onboard a rescue vessel during a search operation in Russia's Tatarstan region in this still image taken from video footage July 11, 2011. Russia said there was little hope of finding any more people alive Monday after an overloaded tourist boat sank in the Volga River, killing as many as 128 people in Russia's worst river accident in three decades.REUTERSDivers from the Russian Emergencies Ministry climb up to a rescue vessel during an operation to search for victims of the tourist boat "Bulgaria", which sank on the Volga river, in Russia's Tatarstan region in this still image taken from video footage July 11, 2011. Russia said there was little hope of finding any more people alive Monday after an overloaded tourist boat sank in the Volga River, killing as many as 128 people in Russia's worst river accident in three decades.REUTERSRussian national flags flutter in half mast near a star on top of a tower of the Kremlin on a day of mourning for the victims of Sunday's river boat disaster, in Moscow July 12, 2011. Russia said there was little hope of finding any more people alive on Monday after an overloaded tourist boat sank in the Volga River, killing 128 people in Russia's worst river accident in three decades.REUTERSPeople wave goodbye from a tourist boat as it leaves the port of Kazan July 11, 2011. Russia said there was little hope of finding any more people alive Monday after an overloaded tourist boat sank in the Volga River, killing as many as 128 people in Russia's worst river accident in three decades.REUTERSA family brings flowers in memory of victims of the tourist boat "Bulgaria", which sank on the Volga river, at the port of Kazan July 11, 2011. Russia said there was little hope of finding any more people alive Monday after an overloaded tourist boat sank in the Volga River, killing as many as 128 people in Russia's worst river accident in three decades.REUTERSPeople lay flowers in memory of victims of the tourist boat "Bulgaria", which sank on the Volga river, at the port of Kazan July 11, 2011. Russia said there was little hope of finding any more people alive Monday after an overloaded tourist boat sank in the Volga River, killing as many as 128 people in Russia's worst river accident in three decades.REUTERS
