VietNamNet Bridge – Twelve bodies have been found and all the passengers, including both the saved and the dead (except for one) have been identified.
A cruise boat named Truong Hai, coded QN 5198, carrying 21 visitors and six sailors sank at 5:am (local time) on the morning of February 17 off the Ti Top island in Ha Long Bay.


Among the total of 21 tourists on board, there were two Vietnamese people and 19 foreigners coming from Russia (2), the UK (1), Denmark (2), Germany (1), Italy (2), the US (3), Japan (1), Australia (1), France (2), Sweden (2) and Switzerland (2).


Initial findings point to a leak in the engine room as the cause of the accident.

By noon of the same day, search and rescue workers saved nine foreigners, one captain and four sailors. At 11:45 am, 12 bodies were salvaged.


In a recent interview granted to a Voice of Vietnam Radio (VOV), Do Thong, Vice Chairman of the Quang Ninh provincial People’s Committee said after hearing the news about the accident, the People’s Committee and the Search and Rescue Board in Quang Ninh have mobilised all the relevant agencies.


The same day, Chairman of the Quang Ninh provincial People’s Committee, Nguyen Van Doc said Quang Ninh was prepared to assist the victims’ families.


Meanwhile, Quang Ninh police has decided to prosecute the case and continued the investigation.

List of the saved:


1.STOBBE MARIE ELISABETH (female-1990- Denmark)
2. PEDERSEN KASPER KAMMERSGAARD (Male- 1987- Denmark
3. SCATTARELLI CLAUDIO (Male-1990-Germany)
4. SACCONI STEFAND (Male-1973- Italy)
5. CORDA STEFAND (Male- 1975-Italy)
6. FOSMIRE GEORGE WILLIAM (Male-1988-US)
7. NGUYỄN KHƯƠNG DUY (Male –1975- Australia)
8. ABRARD JAMES DANY MICHEL EDDY (Male -1983- France)
9. SMHMIDLI RAMONA (Female-1990- Switzerland)
10. LÂM NGỌC CHÂU (Male-1979-Vietnam)


List of the dead


1. MCCORMICK STUART (Male- 1980-UK)
2. PYLE HOLLY MICHELLE (Female- 1985- US)
3. TAYLOR SAMANTHA KAY (Female –1989-US)
4. VOROPINOVA ELENA (Female- 1962-Russia)
5. VOROPINOVA ANASTASIA (Female – 1987- Russia)
6. NAKAHARA JUMPEI (Male -1990-Japan)
7. NOBLECOURT LAETITIA FRANCOISE MONIQUE (Female – 1983-France)
8. BANKESTAD VIOLA BIRGITTA (Female – 1991-Sweden)
9. KROK ANNA ELLEN (Female – 1990- Sweden)
10. GERBER BANIAMIN CHARLY (Male – 1985- Switzerland)
11. ĐINH VĂN THẮNG (Male – 1983- Vietnam)
12. (One victim has not yet been identified)


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