On October 22, 1996, shortly before 20:00, the tugboat Ďumbier with a ship carrying 750 tonnes of bone-meal missed the channel leading to the lock chamber and the strong current drove it to the overflow weir that regulates the amount of water. ![]() (Source: TASR)įormer colleagues, family members and others commemorated sailors who drowned during the accident of the Ďumbier towboat near the unfinished dam of the hydropower plant Freudenau close to Vienna. Marking the 25th anniversary of one of the biggest accidents in water transport.
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