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Mon, 07/11/2011 - 08:24
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Chances to find people alive aboard sunken MS Bulgaria slim

MOSCOW, July 11 (Itar-Tass) -- The chances to find any people alive
aboard the sunken MS Bulgaria in Tatarstan are minimal, a source in the
information department in the Ministry of Emergency Situations told
Itar-Tass on Sunday.
"The additional illuminating equipment was brought to the Bulgaria
wreck site and the divers are searching through the ship. The chances to
find any people alive aboard the ship are minimal," the source said.
A woman, who was found dead in the ship compartment, was raised from
the sunken ship, the source said. This is already the second dead woman,
the source said. The number of people, whose fate is unclear, ranges from
102 to 106.
Some 47 divers, who are fully provided with necessary equipment,
hydraulic devices and air compressors, are working at the ship wreckage
site. "The underwater descents continue, the divers are knocking along the
ship hull," it was stated at a meeting of the emergency headquarters,
which Minister of Emergency Situations Sergei Shoigu held.

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