Yesterday (May 28), crew members of the Russian cargo ship that collided with Busan Gwangan Bridge in the afternoon of Busan have been steadfast in the investigation of seafaring.

An official at Busan Marine Police Agency said today (1) that "Captain Grande A stated that he drank alcohol after having collided with Gwangan Bridge when he was questioning whether he was drunk."

"We are repeating the statement that we do not know about routes that can not be understood consciously."

The seafarer believes that A's decision, which had already been in the drinking state before the accident, became a crucial cause of the accident because the decision to change the route and return was not timely.

After the seaplane ordered a cargo ship after the crash, A's blood alcohol level was 0.086%, which is the license revocation level.

The standard of marine drunk driving is from 0.03% of blood alcohol.

The police will use the Weed Mark formula to estimate the blood alcohol level at the time of the accident, and will block the timing of Mr. A's drinking.

The navigator B and the pilot C in the wheelhouse were found not to drink.

A maritime official said, "Drinking the captain who is in charge of the shipbuilding and responsible for the shipbuilding is equivalent to drunk driving."

The seafarer, who was confirmed to have caught a helicopter at the time of the accident, also said he did not know about the route.

Although all 15 Russian sailors were in the Sea Grand, they were all reported not to make concrete statements.

The seafarers are analyzing the voyage record storage (VDR) and closed circuit (CC) TV in the cargo ship.

A seafarer official said, "We plan to apply for arrest warrant for Mr. A on the grounds that he is responsible for the destruction of ship in business, maritime safety law violation,

The Grande Lake accident occurred on Feb. 28th at 4:23 pm on the bridge between 10th and 11th floor of the Gwangan Bridge in Busan.

There was no casualty damage, but bridge structures were damaged and part of the vehicle access road was controlled.

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