Captain of close-by ship placed under criminal supervision

A Budapest court ordered placing under criminal supervision the captain of a third ship in connection with a cruise ship collision in Budapest last May, the Budapest chief prosecutor's office said on Thursday. The chief prosecutor said in a statement that placing the captain of another cruise ship, the Viking Idun, which had been following the Viking Sigyn behind, was initiated by a Budapest district prosecutor. The captain, also a Ukrainian national, was questioned by Budapest police as a suspect charged with failure to provide help. The man reported voluntarily to the hearing, after which he was taken into custody.