(22 Mar 2006)
1. Various of bridge on Nile River, and coast of river
2. Various of damaged cruise boat
3. Various of people walking on top of damaged boat
4. Exterior of Luxor International hospital
5. Various of German tourists treated at hospital
6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Samir Farag, Chief of Luxor City
"One patient went back to Cairo through their special aeroplane, and 13 of them are still here. Only one particular patient wants to go back to Germany to have their medical treatment over there. The other 12 are here and I expect them to leave the hospital within two or three days."
7. Cutaway
8. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Dr. Magdy Abdel Rahman, Chief Surgeon Luxor Hospital
"14 patients arrived, all foreign tourists mostly Germans.
Most of the cases are not major varying between broken ribs and bruises. Yet there was one major injury where the patient had been put on a respirator and was later moved to Dar el Fouad Hospital in Cairo."
9. Various of families waiting in hospital
STORYLINE:
One person was killed and 35 others injured when a tourist cruise boat struck a bridge over the Nile River on Tuesday.
The boat caught the bridge as it tried to pass underneath, causing a canopy on the top deck to collapse, police officials said.
The dead person was of Egyptian nationality, and is understood to be an employee of the company running the boat, according to police.
The 35 other injured people, including twenty seven German tourists and eight Egyptian employees, were all taken to hospital, police said.
Samir Farag, Chief of Luxor City said most of the patients were happy with the medical treatment they had received in Luxor.
"One patient went back to Cairo through their special aeroplane, and 13 of them are still here. Only one particular patient wants to go back to Germany to have their medical treatment over there. The other 12 are here" he said.
Farag said he expected the patients to leave "within 2 or 3 days".
Dr. Magdy Abdel Rahman, Chief Surgeon of Luxor Hospital said there was only one major injury amongst the wounded.
"The patient had been put on a respirator and was later moved to Dar el Fouad Hospital in Cairo," he confirmed.
The cruise boat, "King Tut 2" was travelling from Luxor, Egypt's main Pharaonic site in the south.
It was approaching its final destination in the southern Egyptian town of Qena when it tried the pass under the bridge.
Police are investigating the cause of the accident.
Keyword- ship -disaster
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