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Diesel-electric ship "Bulgaria"

In the Central Control Center of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia for the Republic of Tatarstan from the Office for Hydrometeorology and Monitoring environment a storm warning is received about a dangerous meteorological phenomenon with the following content: “In the next hour, with preservation in the evening of July 9, at night of July 10, 2011, thunderstorms, heavy rains, squally wind intensifications of 22 - 27 m / s, large deg. Please refrain from traveling due to bad weather. In the event of worsening weather conditions, owners of small boats, due to poor visibility, as well as difficult conditions on the water, must refrain from leaving their boats without any special reasons.

According to the schedule, the diesel-electric ship "Bulgaria" leaves Kazan for Bolgar on a two-day weekend cruise, already listing to starboard. The cruise route passes through the waters of the Kuibyshev reservoir.

Motor ship "Bulgaria" sets off on the return journey from Bolgar to Kazan, also having a right roll.

The ship's animators invite children to the playroom. As a result, about 30 children find themselves on the lower deck of the ship.

The place of the wreck of the ship "Bulgaria"

The moment of disaster.

When making a turn and entering the main ship's passage, the ship lists even more strongly to starboard. At that moment it was raining and a squally wind was blowing. When maneuvering, the ship scoops a large number of water. There is flooding of decks and interiors. Within about 3 minutes, the ship "Bulgaria" completely goes under water at a depth of about 20 meters. The crash occurs 3 kilometers from the right bank of the Volga, near the village of Syukeyevo, Kamsko-Ustyinsky district of Tatarstan.

Around 13:00

Dry cargo ship Arbat, headed by captain Yuri Tuchin, passes by, explaining that he did not understand that people needed help, since there were no whistles, no screams, no SOS signal. Nevertheless, he contacts the dispatcher and reports what he saw. The dispatcher, in turn, replies that Arabella is next, which will pick up everyone and add: follow the route.

Some time later, the captain of the Danube-66 motor ship, Alexander Egorov, passes by the site of the tragedy, announces a "man overboard" alarm. Then he makes a request to the captain of the ship "Arabella" about further actions.

The captain of the ship "Arabella" Roman Lizalin, as the head of the rescue operation, refuses the help of the tugboat "Dunaisky-66", explaining this by the fact that there is a possibility of a collision of ships, as well as long time approach of "Danubsky-66" to the location of the rafts due to low maneuverability and heavy weight of the tug.

The captain of the ship "Arabella" Roman Lizalin

The ship "Arabella" approaches the crash site "Bulgaria". Her crew lowers the boats and provides assistance to the victims.

Around 14.30 - 15.00

The forces of the Kamskoy Ustyinsky garrison of the fire department, the GIMS Center and the Search and Rescue Service are leaving for the scene of the tragedy. A Mi-8 helicopter of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations takes off from Kazan with a group of rescuers on board.

In the water area of ​​the Kuibyshev reservoir rescue operation. Information about the crash gets into the media.

Relatives of the victims gather in the river port of Kazan.

The ship "Arabella" arrives at the river port, picking up the victims. About 100 police officers and 10 traffic police crews were also sent there. A cordon has been set up, patrols have been organized traffic. To provide moral and psychological assistance to survivors, as well as their relatives, psychologists from the Ministry of Internal Affairs are working. More than 200 employees of the internal affairs bodies of Tatarstan are involved at the scene of the emergency. Search teams are patrolling nearby areas, the search for survivors of the disaster is underway, witnesses are being interviewed and the causes of the tragedy are being clarified. Measures are being taken to preserve material evidence and prevent looting. Employees of the criminal police are working to further clarify the lists of victims and establish their addresses. Many of those on board the "Bulgaria" only know their first and last names. The search and rescue operation continues...

A plane arrives from Moscow with rescuers from "Centrospas" - 17 people and "Leader" - 16 people.

At present

As of 07/25/11. 122 dead bodies were recovered, including 28 children, 72 women and 22 men.

In total, since the beginning of the search and rescue operation in the area of ​​the sunken ship for patrolling in the water area, surveying the islands and coastline 4153 people, 1109 boats, 266 cars and 134 aircraft were involved by water and land.

In connection with the discovery of the bodies of all the dead from 25.07.2011. the search operation in the water area and adjacent territory has been terminated.

According to updated data from the ICR, 201 people were on the ship at the time of the crash, 79 were rescued.

DATA.

The sunken ship was 56 years old. According to the creators of "Bulgaria", the ship's service life expired in 1975, so it was used after the end of its service life for another 36 years.

Initially, the ship was called "Ukraine". After the transferred fire, the ship was supposed to be decommissioned, but this did not happen.

There were 61 people on the ship more than calculated according to the standards.

On the fact of the shipwreck, three criminal cases were initiated - on violation of the rules of operation (Article 263 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and the provision of tourist services (Article 238 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), on the failure of the ship's captain to provide assistance to those in distress (Article 270 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). Two suspects under Art. 238 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation - the general director of the sub-tenant of "Bulgaria" "Argorechtur" 40-year-old Inyakina and senior expert of the Kama branch of the Russian River Register 62-year-old Ivashov, by order of the Vakhitovsky District Court of Kazan, were arrested for the duration of the preliminary investigation - until September 10, 2011. Both have already challenged the court's decision , insisting on a milder measure - a written undertaking not to leave or house arrest.

Based on materials from the websites of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, news agencies, messages on Twitter, Wikipedia.

Kazan. 10 July. website - On Sunday afternoon, the ship "Bulgaria" wrecked on the Volga. The causes of the accident are being established, specialists from the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation are working on the spot. The fate of more than 100 people is still unknown.

eyewitness accounts

One of rescued passengers from the ship "Bulgaria" told reporters in the river port of Kazan that many children died during the tragedy. According to him, just a few minutes before the tragedy, about 30 children were gathered in the children's room on the second deck at the stern to play. "I'm afraid many of them died," he said.

According to him, the main reason for the tragedy is that the ship was very old. “At some point, he fell on his right side, turned over in just three minutes and went to the bottom. At that time there was a thunderstorm and heavy rain. A lot of people died," he said.

His wife and grandson drowned.

"The rescued reported that everything happened so quickly that they did not have time to lower lifeboats, only two inflatable rafts were launched. Many just jumped into the water. From the hold cabins, I'm afraid, few people escaped," said Svetlana Alekseeva, an animator of the Arabella ship, on board of which the rescued were taken to Kazan. She noted that there were about 20 passengers on the Arabella - doctors, who, together with the ship's doctor helped the rescued: some had fractures, cuts on their hands (knocked out the windows in the cabins), numerous bruises. "We immediately provided the rescued with hot tea, hot showers, warm blankets," Alekseeva noted. According to her, among the rescued was infant. She also said that, according to the rescued, two cargo ships passed by the sinking ship, inflatable rafts and people in the water without stopping, although they were shouted and waved.

Those rescued reported that their relatives had died, many families traveled. A lot of people were crying and screaming. Psychologists started working with them. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, more than 70 rescued and the body of the deceased were on board the Arabella.

14 rescued were hospitalized in the hospitals of Kazan and the city of Bolgar. "One 33-year-old man was hospitalized in the Spassky Central District Hospital, he received psychological trauma and minor bruises, his condition is satisfactory," the head of the press service of the Tatarstan Ministry of Health told Interfax-Povolzhye. According to her, it took health care another 23 out of almost 80 rescued, delivered in the evening to Kazan on the ship "Arabella". "Twelve of them, including a 5-year-old boy, were hospitalized at the Trauma Center of the Republican Clinical Hospital, a 62-year-old woman - at the Emergency Hospital N1. They have bruises, cuts, fractures," Sabirova said. The condition of the victims is assessed as moderate. The rest received medical care on the spot. river port Kazan.

Rescue work and the causes of the disaster

Rescue work continues at the crash site, including on the coast, on the islands adjacent to the crash site, and also from the air. On Sunday evening, divers of the Ministry of Emergency Situations began work, who examine the bottom of the river at the crash site.

An operational headquarters has been created in the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan. Phone works hotline: 227-46-56 to clarify the current situation and lists of rescued and injured. The helpline "112" also works, the message also says.

At the moment, the fate of 101 people out of 188 who were on board the sunken ship remains unknown.

Recall that the tragedy broke out on Sunday afternoon at Kuibyshev reservoir Kamsko-Ustinsky district. The pleasure two-deck ship "Bulgaria" owned by the company LLC "Argorechtur" went under water. According to various sources, from 179 to 188 people were on board.

"According to the data at 7:00 am, the divers of the Centropas and the Leader center in the disaster zone raised the corpse of another woman to the surface. In total, this moment six people are among the dead," the press service of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations for Tatarstan reported.

"By this fact investigative bodies of the Volga Investigation Department on Transport of the Investigative Committee Russian Federation a criminal case was initiated on the grounds of a crime under Part 2 of Art. 263 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (violation of the rules for the safety of traffic and operation of railway, air and maritime transport),” the RF IC reports. The causes of the crash are being established, overload is called one of them. that it was previously undergoing reconstruction and infrastructure not provided for by the original project was equipped there, the capacity of the vessel could decrease. As a result, it could sink, including due to excessive workload," a law enforcement source told Interfax on Sunday evening. Earlier it was reported that the ship was in good order.

At about 13:30 Moscow time in the Kuibyshev reservoir near the village of Syukeyevo, Kamsko-Ustyinsky district of the Republic of Tatarstan. The main cause of the crash was that the crew did not close the windows, and water flooded into them when a roll arose as a result of a gust of wind and a turn.

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Vessel history

Double-deck motor ship (diesel-electric ship) " Bulgaria» was built in 1955 at the shipyard Národny Podnik Škoda Komárno(Now Slovenské lodenice Komárno a.s.) in Komarno (Czechoslovakia, now - Slovakia) according to the project  785 in the second series.

Since its construction, the ship has been named after Ukraine, in February 2010 was renamed in honor of the Volga Bulgaria - ancient state on the territory of modern Tatarstan. Until 1962, it belonged to the Volga United River Shipping Company (VORP), the port of registry was Gorky, then it was transferred to Kamskoye river shipping company(currently - OJSC "Shipping Company" Kama River Shipping Company "", CEO- Valery Neznakin, the largest shareholder - Mikhail Antonov), port of registry - Chaikovsky.

In 2000-2010, the tenants of the ship were Kazan Shipping Company, Vodaflot, Volgatur. Then the ship was rented by Breeze LLC (general director - Valery Neznakin, who in June 2011 subleased the ship to Kazan ArgoRechTour LLC (director - Svetlana Inyakina), which had a bad business reputation and was not included in Single register tour operators, which means no rights to organize transportation.

Crash and subsequent events

The motor ship "Bulgaria", which cruised along the route Kazan - Bolgar - Kazan, sank on July 10, 2011 in the Volga near the village of Syukeyevo, Kamsko-Ustyinsky district of Tatarstan.

According to the Rostransnadzor report, “At about 12:25 on July 10, the ship was hit by a strong gust of wind from the port side, a heavy downpour with a thunderstorm began. At this moment, the d / e "Bulgaria" entered the left turn. It should be noted that when the rudders are shifted to the left, all ships acquire an additional dynamic roll to starboard. As a result, the roll angle was 9 degrees. “With such a roll, the portholes of the starboard side entered the water, as a result of which about 50 tons of outboard water entered the compartments of the vessel through the open portholes in 1 minute. In order to reduce the area affected by the wind on the port side, the captain decided to lie on a course “to the wind”. To do this, the rudders were set 15T to the left.” As a result, the roll increased and the total amount of water entering the ship's compartments reached 125 tons per minute. After that, all portholes and part main deck starboard sank into the water. Over the next 5-7 seconds, there was a sharp increase in list from 15 to 20 degrees, as a result of which the ship capsized to starboard and sank.

Two vessels - the dry cargo ship "Arbat" and the pusher "Dunaisky 66" passed by the rafts with passengers and crew of the ship "Bulgaria". The first vessel to come to the aid of those in distress was the Arabella cruise ship, whose crew carried out the rescue operation. On board the ship Arabella, the survivors were given first aid, food, hot drinks and dry clothes. Several seriously injured were sent to Kazan on the Meteor.

For several days from the day of the tragedy, the operation to lift the ship "Bulgaria" from the bottom of the Kuibyshev reservoir and search for the bodies of the dead continued. Significant forces of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia, the Ministry of Transport of Russia, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, the Ministry of Health and Social Development and commercial structures, including Sevzapkanat, were pulled into the crash area (unique equipment was developed for lifting the ship). As a result, the ship "Bulgaria" was lifted and transported to the nearest Shipyard in Kuibyshevsky Zaton. In parallel, all the bodies of the dead were found.

According to the final data, of the 201 people on board, 79 survived. The death of the remaining 122 people was confirmed. Among the dead is the captain of the ship "Bulgaria" Alexander Ostrovsky.

The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation in connection with the crash of the ship "Bulgaria" initiated several criminal cases, and also prosecuted a number of officials:

As a result, at the preliminary investigation stage, all criminal cases (with the exception of criminal cases initiated against captains Yu. Tuchin and A. Egorov) were combined into one proceeding, and the final charges and articles of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation imputed to the defendants were clarified.

By the verdict of the Moscow District Court of the city of Kazan dated July 03-07, 2014, all the defendants in the criminal case were found guilty of the crimes they were accused of (except for S. Inyakina, who was acquitted under the overly imputed article 263 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). More details in the section.

All the defendants in the aforementioned criminal cases, with the exception of two captains who did not provide assistance to those in distress, and the senior assistant to the captain of the ship "Bulgaria" Ramil Khametov, were placed in custody.

Several departments presented to the public their opinions on the results of inspections on the fact of the crash of the ship "Bulgaria" (see section ).

The collapse of the ship "Bulgaria" had a great public outcry in Russia and the rest of the world, which in turn became the reason for the start of mass inspections in the industry river fleet, in the bodies of the River Register and Rostransnadzor. It was the accident of "Bulgaria" that intensified the process of adopting a law on compulsory carrier liability insurance.

Memory

Within a few days after the crash of the ship "Bulgaria", many residents of Kazan came to the Kazan river port, where a spontaneous folk memorial was built, consisting of thousands of soft toys, flowers and burning candles.

A buoy has been placed at the crash site. Vessels passing by should give a long sound signal (beep), thereby paying tribute to the memory of those who died on the ship.

The parents of five-year-old Kirill Chernov, who died in the crash of the ship "Bulgaria", announced that they would build a playground near the village of Krasnogorsk Republic MariyEl.

Results of the investigation

Rostransnadzor

From the operative part of the audit conclusion:

The commission concluded that the causes of the accident were a combination of the following factors:

1. Non-compliance by the shipowner and the captain of the ship with the requirements of regulatory documents regulating the safety of navigation during the planning, preparation and implementation of the voyage, during which the safety of the ship's navigation was not ensured. So the shipowner and the captain of the ship deliberately violated the restrictions of the Russian River Register to the ships of this project, prohibiting their operation:

2. Low qualification and indiscipline of the crew members, expressed in:

• in the failure to take the necessary safety measures when the vessel enters the reservoir and upon receipt of a storm warning. The portholes of the starboard and portside were not battened down on the ship, including in the engine room, where only crew members were on duty;
• in unauthorized, without receiving a command from the bridge, shutdown by the chief engineer of the main diesel generator on the starboard side;
• in the incapacitation of ship mechanisms due to non-compliance with the Rules for Technical Operation;
• in non-observance of generally accepted methods and methods of ship management. The maneuver to turn to the left was carried out without taking into account: the peculiarities of the stability of the vessel, which already had a list of 4 ° to starboard; an additional roll to starboard caused by centrifugal force during circulation to the left; a strong wind blowing to the port side and a large windage of the ship;
• in violation by the captain of the vessel of the requirements of paragraphs 15 and 16 of the Procedure for the dispatch control of vessel traffic on the inland waterways of the Russian Federation, approved by order of the Ministry of Transport of Russia dated March 1, 2010 No. 47 "On approval of the procedure for dispatch control of the movement of vessels on the inland waterways of the Russian Federation" (captain did not inform the dispatcher and did not receive a dispatch clearance for the movement of the vessel).

Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation

Official representative of the RF IC Vladimir Markin:

The Investigative Committee officially declares that it will be possible to finally establish the cause of the sinking of the vessel only on the basis of the results of a judicial commission, navigational and engineering and technical expertise, which is currently being carried out. Taking into account the conclusion of the expert commission, appropriate procedural decisions will be made.

Regarding the information about the holes on the ship's hull, Vladimir Markin explained:

The information circulated in the media with reference to the results of the survey of the ship, conducted by the Sredne-Volga branch of the Russian River Register, that the crash of the "Bulgaria" occurred due to holes, does not correspond to reality. The investigation believes that the reference to anonymous experts is deliberately used in order to influence public opinion in order to release from criminal liability officials against whom a criminal case has already been initiated, as well as other persons who may soon be brought to criminal responsibility.

Vladimir Markin after the announcement of the verdict to the defendants in the case:

I note that the investigation not only established the causes of the tragedy, but also took measures to prevent this from happening in the future. The desire to enrich irresponsible businessmen and corrupt officials at the expense of the health, and even more so the lives of citizens, should not be allowed to go unpunished.

Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation

The preliminary version of the cause of the crash of the ship "Bulgaria" - open windows.

Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation

On November 21, 2011, the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation presented the conclusion of a public investigation, from which it follows that the crew did not take the necessary measures to prepare the vessel for sailing, in accordance with the announced meteorological forecast for the Kuibyshev reservoir, in particular, the crew of "Bulgaria" did not provide stability of the vessel, did not batten down the portholes, including emergency ones, did not eliminate the breakdown of the left main engine, and did not connect the means of communication to emergency power sources, the vessel was controlled without taking into account its actual load, the report says. The presence of the initial list of the ship to starboard, the appearance of an additional list when the ship turned to the left, as well as a gust of heavy wind and waves (in the reservoir) led to an intensive flow of water into the hull through open windows and, as a result, to loss of stability and flooding of the vessel.

Court

Arbitration Court of the Republic of Tatarstan

On August 9, 2011 the Arbitration Court of the Republic of Tatarstan (Judge Nasyrov A.R.) ArgoRechTour Limited Liability Company was found guilty of committing an administrative offense under part 2 of article 14.1. Administrative Code of the Russian Federation and he was sentenced to an administrative fine in the amount of 50,000 rubles (maximum penalty for this offense) .

Excerpt from the reasoning part of the decision:

As seen from the documents submitted in the case, on 10.07.2011 at 13:30. at 1406.0 0 km of the waterway of the Kuibyshev reservoir, near Syukeyevo settlement (according to the Atlas of the Unified State Civil Service of the European Union of the Russian Federation, volume 6, part 1 of the edition of 2006) making the flight Bulgaria - Kazan, passenger d / e "Bulgaria" with passengers on board, in the amount of 147 people, and crew members, in an overloaded state, having malfunctions V power plant, with an understaffed crew, a roll to starboard, while performing a turn maneuver to the left and a likely increase in wind in the area of ​​​​the 82 axle buoy, a capsizing occurred on board, followed by flooding and big amount human sacrifice.

From the result part of the solution:

Satisfy the stated requirements. Engage Limited Liability Company ArgoRechTour, registered at the address: Republic of Tatarstan, Kazan, st. Belinsky, 41, apt. (office) 22, included in the unified State Register legal entities under the main state registration No. 1101690064464 to administrative liability under part 2 of Article 14.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, with the imposition of an administrative fine in the amount of 50,000 rubles.

Moscow District Court of Kazan

At the request of the victims and other persons, most of whom live in the city of Kazan, the Supreme Court of the Republic of Tatarstan changed the territorial jurisdiction of the criminal case "On the crash of the ship "Bulgaria"" and the Moscow District Court of the city of Kazan was appointed as the court of first instance.

On May 6, 2013, the Moscow District Court of the city of Kazan began consideration at first instance of the main criminal case. Part of the court hearings, including the announcement of the verdict, were transferred to the Yunost House of Culture in order to be able to accommodate all the victims, witnesses and members of the press.

In the period from July 3 to July 7, 2014 (with interruptions) in the Moscow District Court of the city of Kazan, Judge S. N. Yakunin announced the verdict against all the defendants in the case.

In addition, everyone is prohibited from engaging in certain activities for a period of 3 years. The civil claim of the victims for the total amount of 50,000,000 rubles was satisfied.

Supreme Court of the Republic of Tatarstan

April 2, 2015 Supreme Court Tatarstan approved the verdict in the criminal case on the crash of the diesel-electric ship "Bulgaria". The Supreme Court decided to strengthen the sentence imposed on Ivashov under Art. 285 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and exclude the decision on amnesty from the verdict. He was sentenced to five and a half years in a penal colony with the deprivation of the right to hold positions in the bodies supervising the operation of all types of transport, as well as in the river Rosregistr for a period of three years, crediting him with the term of serving the sentence for the time of detention from July 12, 2011 to July 3, 2014. The court mitigated Inyakina’s punishment, releasing her “due to the expiration of the statute of limitations for criminal prosecution” from Part 2 of Art. 143 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, having sentenced her only under Art. 238 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (providing services that do not meet the requirements of the safety of life and health of consumers, which negligently caused the death of two or more persons) - nine and a half years in prison. Concerning other condemned the verdict was left without change .

The main participants in the events associated with the crash of the ship "Bulgaria"

• Inyakina Svetlana Georgievna- General Director and sole member of the Limited Liability Company "Argorechtur", which was the sub-tenant and operator of the motor ship "Bulgaria" in the 2011 season. He is accused of providing services that do not meet the requirements of the safety of life and health of consumers (Article 238 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), of violating the safety rules for operating inland water transport (Article 263 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), violating labor protection rules (Article 143 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and against her, a measure of restraint in the form of detention was chosen.
• Ivashov Yakov- Senior expert of the Kama branch of the Russian River Register, who issued a positive opinion to Argorechtur LLC for the operation of the motor ship "Bulgaria" in 2011. He is accused of unlawful issuance of official documents certifying the compliance of the services provided by Inyakina with the requirements of the safety of life and health of consumers (Article 238 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), abuse of official powers for mercenary and other personal interests (Article 285 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and a measure of restraint has been chosen against him in form of detention.
• Timergazeev Irek- Head of the Kazan department of Rostransnadzor. According to the investigation, Irek Timirgazeev, together with Vladislav Semenov, gave a positive conclusion about the readiness of Argorechtur LLC to transport passengers, while there were no grounds for this. Accused of abuse of office out of other personal interests (Article 285 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and a measure of restraint in the form of detention was chosen against him.
• Semenov Vladislav- chief state inspector of the Kazan department of Rostransnadzor. According to the investigation, Vladislav Semyonov, together with Irek Timirgazeev, gave a positive conclusion about the readiness of Argorechtur LLC to transport passengers, while there were no grounds for this. Accused of abuse of office out of other personal interests (Article 285 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and a measure of restraint in the form of detention was chosen against him.
• Tuchin Yury Vladislavovich- the captain of the dry-cargo ship "Arbat", convicted by the Kamsko-Ustyinsky district court of the Republic of Tatarstan under Article 270 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation in connection with the failure to provide assistance to the survivors of the crash of the ship "Bulgaria". Sentenced to a fine of 130 thousand rubles. During the preliminary investigation and trial, he was at large in connection with the election of a preventive measure not related to detention.
• Egorov Alexander Pavlovich- captain of the pusher "Dunaisky 66", convicted by the Moscow District Court of the city of Kazan under Article 270 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation in connection with the failure to provide assistance to the survivors of the crash of the ship "Bulgaria". Sentenced to a fine of 190 thousand rubles. During the preliminary investigation and trial, he was at large in connection with the election of a preventive measure not related to detention.
• Safin Rashid- Director of the Kazan River Port, dismissed from this position on July 15, 2011 "as allowing the release of the ship" Bulgaria "on a cruise." He challenged his dismissal in court, but the courts of first and second instance considered the dismissal lawful and justified.
• Ostrovsky Alexander- captain of the ship "Bulgaria", died in the crash of the ship "Bulgaria". During search operations at the crash site, the body of Captain Ostrovsky was found on the captain's bridge. The case was dismissed due to the death of the accused
• Ramil Khametov- the senior assistant to the captain of the ship "Bulgaria" who survived the disaster. During the investigation of the criminal case, he was accused of violating traffic safety rules and operating inland water transport (Article 263 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). He was not placed in custody in connection with the election of a measure of restraint in respect of him in the form of a written undertaking not to leave and proper behavior.
• Khramov Alexander Grigorievich- Head of the Department of the Volga Department of Gosmorrechnadzor ( Nizhny Novgorod), who committed suicide on August 22, 2011 in connection with his dismissal from his position. Alexander Khramov was a witness in the case of the crash of the ship "Bulgaria" (the same witness as Irek Timergazeev and Vladislav Semenov were before August 15, 2011).
• Lizalin Roman Evgenievich- the captain of the ship "Arabella", who organized, together, the rescue of the surviving passengers and crew members of the ship "Bulgaria". Subsequently, he was awarded state and departmental awards.
• Chernyshov Sergey Mikhailovich- Major General of Justice, Senior Investigator for Particularly Important Cases under the Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia, head of the investigative group created to investigate the criminal case initiated on the fact of the crash of the ship "Bulgaria" on 07/10/2011.
• Yakunin Sergey Nikolaevich- Judge of the Moscow District Court of the city of Kazan, who considered the criminal case "On the crash of the ship "Bulgaria"" in the first instance.
• Antonov Mikhail- the largest shareholder of OJSC Shipping Company Kama River Shipping Company, magnate. The Kama River Shipping Company denied rumors about Antonov's flight abroad.
• Neznakin Valery- General Director of OJSC "Shipping Company" Kama River Shipping Company "- the owner of the motor ship "Bulgaria".
• OJSC Shipping Company Kama River Shipping Company (Perm)- the owner of the motor ship "Bulgaria", who did not bear responsibility, despite the current legislation, according to which the legal owner of the property bears responsibility for damage caused from the operation of property.
• Breeze LLC (Perm)- a company that is a tenant of the ship "Bulgaria", which transferred this ship to the sublease of LLC "Argorechtur".
• Argorechtur LLC (Kazan) - tour operator, created by Svetlana Inyakina at the end of 2010. Given entity as of 10.07.2011 was the current sub-tenant of the ship "Bulgaria", fully responsible for the recruitment of the crew, current repairs and maintenance of the ship in proper technical condition.

Opinions about the disaster

terrible tragedy happened on the Volga. My condolences to the families and friends of the victims

and at the meetings gave instructions:

All search activities must be brought to an end, despite the fact that there is practically no hope of finding anyone alive. This must be done for quite understandable moral and ethical reasons and in order to find out all the circumstances of his death.

The number of old vessels that float with us is incredible! Just because it happened before, that doesn't mean it couldn't happen. It happened, and with the most terrible consequences. It is necessary to assess this situation and force either to carry out the necessary overhaul of all those who own ships, or to decommission them if they are not suitable for this type of transportation.

It is not the “switchmen” who waved the papers, but everyone who organizes this process that should be held responsible for this crime ... So that next time any official, regardless of rank, understands that the responsibility for the release of such a vessel at sea can be not only disciplinary, but also criminal. This criminal responsibility must translate into very tangible penalties.

It is necessary to understand what happened, to expose and punish those responsible. This should be done in relation to a wide range of people, including the organizers of this mess, and not just "switchmen", zits-chairmen and other random people who fell into this orbit.

If the technique is outdated, is it possible to use this technique at the risk of human life only in order to get money? It is no coincidence that all these catastrophes are accompanied, on the one hand, by examples of courage, selfless deeds, and, on the other hand, by examples of cowardice and recklessness ... If the desire to earn as much as possible by any means remains the dominant feature of our life, then more O big disasters.

What happened on July 10 with "Bulgaria", without any exaggeration, shocked the whole country. So many victims, so many children died! It is terrible that we have to pay such a tribute for irresponsibility, for carelessness, for greed, for gross violation of technological safety rules ...

... In general, how could it happen that a company without a license for tourism activities, without a license for the use of ships could work? How did tickets sell at the port? Who allowed? How were they released from the port? How did the port conclude an agreement with this company, which does not have any license to serve in the port? How could this happen? Where was Rostekhnadzor, Rostransnadzor? Where were all these departments?

Valery Neznakin, General Director of OJSC "Shipping Company" Kama River Shipping Company ", the day after the crash of the ship "Bulgaria":

In this case, we bear not legal, but only moral responsibility for the death of passengers.

Svetlana Inyakina, director of ArgoRechTour LLC, told the press before her arrest (text as edited by the source):

Everything was fine with the ship. According to the register documents, everything was in order, the ship was in a technically fit condition. It's simple assault warning and strong wind. They got into a storm, and the hold was flooded.

Notes

1. On the fact of the flooding of the passenger ship "Bulgaria" and the death of passengers, the Privolzhsky Investigative Department of Transport of the Investigative Committee of Russia initiated a criminal case. Volga Investigation Department for Transport of the RF IC (11.07.11). Retrieved July 11, 2011. Archived from the original on August 14, 2012.
2. Against co-owners Bulgaria a criminal case for non-payment dividends to the state
3. OJSC "Shipping Company" Kama River Shipping Company "" (KRP), registered in 1993. 53% of the shares belong to the Chairman of the Board of Directors of OJSC Mikhail Antonov through the Antonov Group - F.Z.E., registered in the United Arab Emirates. 32.13% of the authorized capital belongs to the state. According to the statements of the OJSC, it leases six of its vessels, including the Bulgaria, to LLC Breeze (Perm), whose founder is also Mikhail Antonov. Breeze LLC, in turn, subleased this vessel to ArgoRechTour LLC (Kazan), the head and founder of which is Svetlana Inyakina

Motor ship "BULGARIA"- two-deck passenger ships with cabins for 1, 2, 4, 6 and 8 passengers. Some cabins were equipped with washbasins. The ships had two restaurants and two saloons.
Diesel-electric ship "BULGARIA" was built in 1955 at the shipyard Národný Podnik Škoda Komárno in Komárno, Czechoslovakia.

Until 1962, the ship belonged to the Volga Shipping Company (port of registry - Gorky), then it was transferred to the Kama River Shipping Company. Port of registry - Perm.

In 2011, the ship was rented by Breeze LLC. In June 2011, the ship was subleased to Argorechtur LLC from Kazan. In recent years, the Kazan company InturVolga has been selling tickets for cruises on a ship for various tour operators.

The ship sailed along the reservoirs and large lakes of the Volga River basin (including along the Kama), performing tourist (pleasure) flights.

Ship "UKRAINE" took part in the events Chernobyl nuclear power plant in 1986. 13 ships were used as floating hotels for liquidators and builders of the sarcophagus over the emergency station. After the work was completed, part of the ships were sunk at the mooring site in the Dnieper, the least contaminated ships (including the UKRAINE (BULGARIA)) were returned to service.

On the night of September 4 to 5, 2008, being on the passenger roadstead, ship "UKRAINE" went beyond its border and ran aground with the whole hull near the river port of Kazan. After 2 hours, a pusher tug was called to remove the ship from the shallows, and it returned safely to the river port.

July 10, 2011 at around 13:58 for a few minutes ship "Bulgaria" completely sunk at a depth of about 18 meters. The crash occurred 3 kilometers from the right bank of the Volga, near the village of Syukeyevo, Kamsko-Ustyinsky district of Tatarstan.

Technical characteristics of the ship "BULGARIA" ("UKRAINE")

Photos motor ship "BULGARIA" ("UKRAINE")

The accident occurred during a two-day "weekend cruise" on the route Kazan - Bolgar - Kazan.
Motor ship "BULGARIA" went on this voyage with one faulty engine and a list of about 5 degrees to starboard.

When bad weather conditions(a downpour passed and a squally wind blew), when maneuvering and entering the main ship's passage, the ship tilted even more to starboard. The decks and interiors were flooded.

The rapid sinking of the ship is associated with design feature- lack of watertight bulkheads in the hull, wear and tear and technical failures, which Last year often seen by passengers.

It was not possible to lower the boat from the ship in distress, only 2 inflatable rafts were involved. Of the 201 passengers on board (including 25 unregistered and about 50 children) and crew members, 79 people were rescued by the Arabella.

Team motor ship "BULGARIA" did not send a distress signal. This could be due to an electrical failure. It can be assumed that the disaster occurred due to the shutdown of the only working engine, as a result of which the crew could lose control over the vessel and could not correct the growing list and its interior spaces filled with water, causing flooding.

Captain motor ship "BULGARIA" A. Ostrovsky died, the body of the captain and his wife was found on July 12.

On July 12, 2011, the investigative committee opened a criminal case under Part 3 of Art. 238 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Provision of services that do not meet safety requirements") on the lessee of the vessel, the head of the Argorechtur company Svetlana Inyakina, as well as on the senior expert of the Kama branch of the Russian river register Yakov Ivashov.

After the disaster, two ships passed by - "Dunaisky-66" and "Arbat". Criminal cases were brought against their captains under Art. 270 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Failure by the captain of the ship to provide assistance to those in distress"). At the same time, it is hardly worth saying that the captains of these ships knew about the wreck of the ship and deliberately did not provide the assistance that the victims needed.

On July 12, the date of the ship's rise was indicated - July 16, 2011. The pick up date was later moved to July 18 at 10 am. As a result, "BULGARIA" managed to be raised only on July 23, 2011. The deadlines were delayed due to the huge technical difficulties that arise in solving this engineering problem. The ship got stuck in silt, there was excitement in the water area, it was necessary to level the bottom to set the "BULGARIA" on an even keel. The ship was raised to the level upper deck, after which the pumping of water, sand and silt from the side of the ship began, which significantly increased the weight of the ship.

Photo by RIA Novosti, Valery Melnikov.

The crash of "BULGARIA" became the largest since the crash of the motor ship "ALEXANDER SUVOROV" in Ulyanovsk, which is 50 kilometers away south of the place death of "BULGARIA".

After the ship was raised, it was placed in a floating dock, in which it was supposed to be delivered to the shore. On July 28, while loading "BULGARIA" into the floating dock, the ship fell from a height of three meters onto the deck of the dock. This could be due to inaccurate calculations by the leaders of the ship transfer operation. In addition, the ship was transferred with a roll. Having fallen on the starboard side, the ship received damage to this side, which, probably, made it difficult to examine the causes of the accident.

On August 15, 2011, the Commission of the Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Transport completed its investigation into the accident of the diesel-electric ship "Bulgaria". The commission's report is below.

The Commission came to the conclusion that the causes of the accident were a combination of the following factors: failure by the shipowner and the captain of the ship to comply with the requirements of regulatory documents governing the safety of navigation during the planning, preparation and implementation of the voyage, during which the safety of navigation of the ship was not ensured, as well as low qualification and indiscipline of the crew members ship.

The immediate cause of the ship's flooding was a significant decrease in its stability in storm conditions as a result of sea water entering the ship's premises through open side windows and formations free surface water in the compartments below the main deck, which led to a significant roll of the ship to starboard and subsequent flooding of the ship due to further inflow of a large amount of sea water into the ship's hull from the starboard side through the main deck.

During the investigation, it was found that on July 10, 2011 at 11:15 the captain of the "Bulgaria" mission, despite the storm warning in force on the strength of the wind and visibility on the Kuibyshev reservoir (wind gusts up to 20 m/s), did not put informed the nearest dispatcher about the forthcoming flight, decided to move the vessel from the berth of the settlement. Bulgarians in Kazan.

Before entering the reservoirs on inland navigation vessels, all portholes and hatch covers below the main deck, including in passenger cabins, must be battened down. However, the crew of the vessel "Bulgaria" ignored this safety requirement, and also did not provide control over its implementation in the passenger cabins. During the inspection of the sunken ship by divers, it was recorded that 27 portholes were opened on the port side of the diesel-electric ship, and 11 portholes on the right side.

When the ship was moving, a roll to starboard was observed about 4 degrees. During the subsequent inspection of the damaged ship in the dock, four holes were found in the ship's hull on the starboard side, at the location of the sewage collection tank, with a total area of ​​44 sq. cm.

Around 12:25 on July 10, 2011, the ship was hit by a strong gust of wind from the port side, heavy rain followed by a thunderstorm. At this moment, the "Bulgaria" d / e was entering a left turn at the axial rotary buoy No. 82, for which the ship's rudders were set to the left by 5 degrees. It should be noted that when the rudders are shifted to the left, all motor ships acquire an additional dynamic roll to starboard. The Commission assumes that after the start of the turn, a wind squall hit the port side of the vessel at an angle close to a straight line. Due to impact squally wind over the area of ​​the entire port side, the ship lists even more to starboard. The roll angle to starboard was 9 degrees. With such a roll, the portholes of the starboard side entered the water, as a result of which about 50 tons of outboard water entered the ship's compartments through the open portholes in 1 minute. In order to reduce the area of ​​wind impact on the port side, the captain decided to lay on a course "to the wind", for which the rudders were set 15 ° to port, as a result of which the ship listed even more to starboard. As a result of the addition of the existing static list to starboard, inertial forces arising when the vessel turns, pressure caused by the action of the wind on the port side, as well as the influence of waves and the ship's roll, an additional heeling moment arose, which formed a roll of 13 ° to starboard. At the same time, the total amount of water entering the ship's compartments reached 125 tons per minute. As a result, all the windows and part of the starboard main deck were submerged in water. Water through the open portholes, splash-proof doors and entrance hatches on the main deck began to intensively flow into the interior of the ship. Over the next 5-7 seconds, there was a sharp increase in list from 15 to 20 degrees, as a result of which the ship capsized to starboard and sank.
The commission concluded that the causes of the accident were a combination of the following factors:
1. Non-compliance by the shipowner and the captain of the ship with the requirements of regulatory documents regulating the safety of navigation during the planning, preparation and implementation of the voyage, during which the safety of the ship's navigation was not ensured. So the shipowner and the captain of the vessel deliberately violated the restrictions of the Russian River Register to the vessels of this project, prohibiting their operation:
- with malfunctions of the ship's mechanisms (since July 08, 2011, the left main diesel generator did not work on the ship);
- with damage to the case (presence of four holes).
- with a wind force of more than 7 points (13.5 - 17.4 m / s) at which the requirements of the "Information on the stability and floodability of the ship" were not met. The wind strength at the time of the accident was 20 m/sec. (very strong wind, storm) with gusts reaching even greater magnitudes;
2. Low qualification and indiscipline of the crew members, expressed in:
- in the failure to take the necessary safety measures when the vessel enters the reservoir and upon receipt of a storm warning. The portholes of the starboard and portside were not battened down on the ship, including in the engine room, where only crew members were on duty;
- unauthorized, without receiving a command from the bridge, shutdown by the chief engineer of the main starboard diesel generator;
- in the incapacitation of ship mechanisms due to non-compliance with the Rules for Technical Operation;
- in non-observance of generally accepted methods and methods of ship control. The maneuver to turn to the left was carried out without taking into account: the peculiarities of the stability of the vessel, which already had a list of 4 ° to starboard; an additional roll to starboard caused by centrifugal force during circulation to the left; a strong wind blowing to the port side and a large windage of the vessel;
- in violation by the captain of the vessel of the requirements of paragraphs 15 and 16 of the Procedure for the dispatching regulation of the movement of ships on the inland waterways of the Russian Federation, approved by order of the Ministry of Transport of Russia dated March 1, 2010 No. 47 "On approval of the procedure for the dispatching regulation of the movement of ships on the inland waterways of the Russian Federation" ( the captain did not inform the dispatcher and did not receive a dispatch clearance for the movement of the ship).
Specialists of Rostransnadzor, representatives of scientific organizations (Central Research Institute of the Marine Fleet), classification societies (Russian River Register) took part in the work of the Commission of the Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Transport. The Commission also took into account the opinions of independent experts from among veteran navigators and ship mechanics of the river fleet, representatives of public organizations (the Association of Shipping Companies, the Union of Russian Shipowners), other individuals and organizations.
The materials of the investigation will be sent to the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation in the prescribed manner.
Rostransnadzor is conducting its own investigation into the actions and degree of responsibility of officials of the department.

"Bulgaria"(Russian Bulgaria) (until 2010 - "Ukraine") - a double-deck river cruise ship, where corporate parties were sometimes held on the ship. On July 10, 2011, it sank in the Kuibyshev reservoir near the village of Syukeyevo (Tatarstan) at a depth of 20 meters.

There were 201 people on board (147 passengers, 36 crew members, 18 undocumented passengers). Rescued 79 people.

Story

The ship was built in 1955 in the city of Komarno (Czechoslovakia, now - Slovakia) and belonged to the ships of project 785 "Russia". From the very beginning it was called "Ukraine". In February 2010, it was renamed "Bulgaria" in honor of the ancient state of Volga Bulgaria.

Accident

July 9, 2011 "Bulgaria" left Kazan for a cruise to the city of Bolgar along the waters of the Kuibyshev reservoir. While moving, the vessel must roll to the right side. On July 10, the ship departed for reverse direction. Three hours after departure, due to bad weather conditions, the ship sank to the bottom in a few minutes. The people who managed to get to the surface of the water were picked up by the ship "Arabella". According to preliminary data, the faulty left engine became the cause of the disaster. Immediately a criminal case was initiated under Article 263 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation - violation of the rules of traffic safety and operation of railway, air and sea transport. The investigators found out that "Bulgaria" in its last flight came out without a license. It was also found that the vessel was technically faulty and overloaded. The owner of the ship - the general director of OJSC "Shipping Company" Kama River Shipping Company "Valery Kirchanov - stated that the engine malfunction could not affect the safety of the ship in any way, and also that a "human factor" was possible. It was also found that the ship was de-energized, therefore it was impossible to signal for help.

People's memorial in the Kazan river port

Director of the Department of Information Policy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Oleg Voloshin said that there was no Ukrainian among the dead on the "Bulgaria".

80% of those killed on the "Bulgaria" are women and children. Many adults were found in the restaurant because it was lunchtime at the time of the disaster.

Ship lifting operation

To finance the costs associated with the rise, including design work, "Bulgaria" from the bottom of the Kuibyshev reservoir and its towing to the sludge point allocated 150 million rubles. Ship-lifting works were financed from the reserve fund of the Russian government for the prevention and liquidation of emergency situations.

On the morning of July 18, work began on lifting the ship. The operation involved floating cranes "Mighty" and KPL-351 ("Storm") with a lifting capacity of 350 and 300 tons, respectively, an auxiliary floating crane with a lifting capacity of 10 tons, specialists from the Research Institute of Emergency Affairs and Diving Works of the Naval Academy named after N. G. Kuznetsov. In total, 918 people were involved in search and rescue operations, including 47 divers, 9 psychologists and 209 pieces of equipment, including 49 river and 15 aircraft(4 planes, 11 helicopters). During the ship-lifting operations, the ship's hull was examined and, on the second attempt (during the first attempt, the bow was torn off), raised above the water to the level of the upper deck. After inspection, "Bulgaria" was towed aground to the Kirelsky backwater.

As of 7 o'clock in the morning on July 25, the bodies of all those who died in the crash were found. A total of 122 dead were found, including 28 children, 72 women, 22 people. Identified (as of July 25, 2011) 119 bodies. "In connection with the identification of the bodies of all the dead" from 07/25/2011, the search operation in the water area and the adjacent territory was completed.

On July 25, the ship was put aground, work began on sealing the hull and pumping out water for dry docking at the Kuibyshev plant. After completion of investigative actions, the vessel is planned to be disposed of.

Disaster investigation

On July 12, in connection with the crash of the motor ship "Bulgaria", a criminal case was initiated against the General Director of the operator-operator of the vessel LLC "ArgoRechTour" Svetlana Inyakinoya, and the senior expert of the Kama branch of the Russian River Register, which issued the permission to operate the "Bulgaria", Yakov Ivashov.

On July 15, the Kazan Line Department of the Volga Department of State Maritime and River Supervision of the Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Transport also applied to the Arbitration Court of the Republic of Tatarstan with a statement on bringing ArgoRechTour LLC to administrative responsibility. The case was scheduled for trial on August 9, 2011.

On August 15, the Rostransnadzor Commission completed an investigation into the accident of the Bulgaria diesel-electric ships. The Commission concluded that a number of factors contributed to the accident. And in particular, the failure of the shipowner and the captain of the vessel to comply with the requirements of regulatory documents regulating the safety of navigation during the planning, preparation and implementation of the voyage, during which the safety of the vessel's navigation was not ensured, as well as the low qualification and indiscipline of the crew members. The materials of the investigation were transferred to the prosecutor's office.