A tour bus plunges into Russia's frozen Lake Baikal, killing 8
AP News • • world
Key Points:
- A tour bus carrying Chinese tourists fell through the ice on Russia's Lake Baikal, resulting in the deaths of eight people, including seven tourists and the driver.
- The bus plunged into a 3-meter-wide ice crevasse in an area where the lake is 18 meters deep, and rescuers used underwater cameras and divers in the recovery operation.
- One Chinese tourist managed to escape the accident, and a criminal investigation has been launched by the regional prosecutor's office.
- The bus tour was operated by an unregistered company, according to the Irkutsk tourism office.
- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov expressed condolences to China and emphasized that a full investigation is underway, hoping the incident will not harm bilateral tourism relations
