“Investigators of the Ural Investigation Department for Transport of the Investigative Committee of Russia requested ship documents, certificates of technical examination of the vessel, official documents for crew members,” the agency said.

According to preliminary data, at the time of the incident, 105 passengers and six crew members were on board.

At present, the staff of the Investigative Department for Transport establish the number of victims and the amount of damage caused to the owner of the vessel, and also find out the reasons for what happened.

Earlier it was reported about the hospitalization of two of the three victims of an emergency with the Meteor vessel in Ugra.