A passenger motor ship, which belonged to a private businessman, sank in Taimyr, Itar-Tass reports.
The incident occurred on Pyasino Lake on Tuesday, 80 kilometers away from Norilsk, the press service of the West Siberian transport prosecutor’ s office told Itar-Tass on Wednesday. The motor ship was caught in the storm, overthrew and sank. According to preliminary reports, five passengers survived. The number of passengers aboard the motor ship is being specified.
The investigating group could fly to the incident site only on Wednesday due to the bad weather.
The investigators are checking the fulfillment of the legislation on the safety rules of navigation and exploitation of the river-going transport.
