The Sun shot down "Meteor"

The passenger ship aground villages
Yesterday, Far Eastern Transport Prosecutor's Office began checking into the accident, a passenger ship in Komsomolsk area.
Recall on Sunday near the village of Lower Halby vessel "Meteor-251", belonging to the company "Trans-Amur", village aground. Six people were injured. One hospitalized.
Cruise spetsreys served on the route Komsomolsk-on-Amur - Sofia - Komsomolsk-on-Amur. On board the vessel were five crew members and 97 passengers - employees of Komsomolsk mostootryada.
-- As soon as received information about the accident, for assistance to victims in four boats left group of rescuers Khabarovsk branch DVRPSO in Komsomolsk-na-Amur, as well as specialists Komsomolskogo GIMS centre offices. A short time later arrived at the scene, two more ships - one for research nature of the damage and removing "Meteora-251" with aground, the second - to evacuate passengers - told "RG" Emergency Management Chief Representative for Russia Khabarovsk region.
Two people were injured moderate - shin fracture and bruises. After seven hours of them with other passengers taken to the Komsomolsk-on-Amur.
At the scene works special commission yesterday and already the first version.
-- At the time of the accident for self shturvalom stood replacement assistant captain, who allowed deviation from the axis of the fairway at the 150 metres - said the head of press service of the Far Eastern Transport Prosecutor's Office Natalia Gelashvili. -- According to preliminary data, it became the main cause of the accident. In some media took information: deskat, Amur obmelel, but it is not.
The audit staff of the Far Eastern Investigative Service Transport Prosecutor's Office in the Russian Federation will decide to institute criminal proceedings.
-- According to our records, the cause of the accident could become a loss of orientation in the rays of the setting sun, - said "RG" Head of Passenger Transport Ltd. "Trans-Amur" Svetlana Romankina. -- Cruise was seriously damaged. Nevertheless, the vessel is subject to recovery and will be available again after repairs to the route.

Meanwhile
Such cases occur in the Amur quite rare. Four years ago, "Meteor-251" villages aground on the road from Nikolaevsk-on-Amur in Komsomolsk-on-Amur. As a result of the incident, five people injured. Two of them in serious condition were taken to hospital.

Mikhail Stroev