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On May 11, 2011, at noon the "Alt Heidelberg" allided with a wall at the lock Neckargemünd with 160 passengers on board, among them 130 pupils. The accident was caused by a technical malfunction of the steering gear. The ship thus could not be stopped while entering the lock. The passengers were transported further on board two other ships of the "White Fleet" towards Neckarsteinach. No one was hurt. The damage to the bow was some thousand Euro. German report with photo: http://www.morgenweb.de/region/rhein_neckar_ticker/Mannheimer_Morgen/22813_Heidelberg:_Schiffsfahrg%C3%A4ste_kommen_mit_Schrecken_davon.html
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