BUDAPEST&nbsp;—&nbsp;The Ukrainian captain of a Swiss cruise liner told a Hungarian court on Tuesday (Sept 26)&nbsp;that he was "deeply sorry" about a 2019 accident in which his boat hit and sank a much smaller boat on the Danube, killing 25 South Korean tourists and its two crew.
<img alt="" data-caption="A general view of the courtroom as Judge Leona Nemeth looks on, during the day of a trial, of the Ukrainian captain of a Swiss cruise liner, charged with gross negligence leading to mass casualties after his ship collided with a tourist boat on the river Danube, in Budapest, Hungary Sept 26, 2023.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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The court is expected to deliver a sentence later on Tuesday. The smaller tourist boat Mermaid, with 35 people on board, sank under a bridge during heavy rain.

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The Mermaid, a Hungarian boat which sank in the Danube river near Margaret bridge, is moved away during a salvage operation in Budapest, Hungary, June 11, 2019. 

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BUDAPEST — The Ukrainian captain of a Swiss cruise liner told a Hungarian court on Tuesday (Sept 26) that he was "deeply sorry" about a 2019 accident in which his boat hit and sank a much smaller boat on the Danube, killing 25 South Korean tourists and its two crew. The court is expected to deliver a sentence later on...

Ukrainian captain says 'deeply sorry' about Budapest boat accident that killed 27