Hungarian authorities are stepping up efforts to salvage the sunken tour boat that capsized in Budapest on May 29th while carrying 33 South Korean tourists and two Hungarian crew members.<br />Once all the harnesses are attached,... the boat is expected to be lifted out of the Danube River as early as Monday, local time.<br />Kim Hyo-sun reports.<br />Major preparations are underway to lift the sunken Hableany tour boat off the bed of the Danube.<br />As of 8 p.m. local time on Sunday,... three of four main wire harnesses had been connected to the boat.<br />Local authorities are also taking measures to ensure what is inside the boat does not go missing in the process.<br />This is not easy as there's a large amount of debris on the river bed as the Margit Bridge,... where the boat sank,... was blown up during the Second World War.<br /><br />"Everything depends on the installation of the wire harness. This could either speed up or delay the salvage process."<br /><br />However, the rescue team expect the boat to be raised sooner rather than later.<br /><br />"Our goal is to salvage the boat as early as Monday afternoon."<br /><br />Meanwhile,... the Viking Sigyn cruise ship involved in the crash is expected to arrive back in Budapest on Tuesday,... about two weeks after the deadly collision.<br />According to images obtained by South Korean news broadcaster YTN,... .traces of the accident have been scrubbed from the cruise ship.<br />There had been scrapes and scratches on the bow of the ship immediately after the accident,... but those traces have been erased.<br />The Ukrainian captain of the cruise ship has also reportedly deleted the call and message history from his mobile phone.<br />Amid demands for the Viking Sigyn to be seized,... there are also increasing calls to carry out additional onsite investigations on the cruise ship as soon as possible.<br />Kim Hyo-sun, Arirang News.<br />
