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>river liner built in 1955, doing cruises in 2010
>under two subarendators, the later didn't even had a license for carrying passengers
>tickets to the cruises sold by yet another company, passengers aren't even being insured
>neither is the ship actually
>"refitted" with cheap plastic windows that don't open wide enough
>also no conditioning system inside so for fresh air old illuminators are kept open
>leaves Kazan with already dead left motor, on one engine of two, already listing about 4 degrees
>about 200 people on board
>in bad weather and storm, during making portside turn gets hit by wind, lists 9 degrees
>water flows inside through the illuminators
>in a couple of minutes ship takes about 175 tons of water
>capsizes and sunks in literal seconds, people are trapped inside
But wait, it gets worse.
>some people who were lucky enough to be on top desks scramble the washed away
>not one, but two ships pass them by like nothing happened (captains get trial later)
122 dead, 79 rescued
