Dossier
Interfax
Coverage of Interfax in the Nexus archive.
- Tourist hovercraft capsizes without warning, leaving passengers fighting to survive
A tourist hovercraft carrying 18 people capsized on Siberia's Lake Baikal, resulting in five deaths and a large-scale rescue effort. Thirteen survivors were rescued, including a child. The cause of the incident is under investigation, with possible factors including overcrowding and unstable ice conditions.