Captains to be arrested for failing to help sinking ship

Russian investigators have ordered police to detain the captains of two vessels that survivors from a sunken riverboat said passed them without stopping to help them.

A Federal Investigative Committee spokesman said the two captains would be held for questioning following the sinking of the Bulgaria tourist boat with 208 people on board on Sunday in the Volga River.

Survivors said they watched two commercial vessels pass by as they struggled to stay afloat.

One man said he and other survivors waved their arms repeatedly to no avail, and Russian media reported that people on the passing craft snapped cell-phone photos as they went by.

The death toll reached 114 yesterday. Emergency officials said divers had searched all accessible parts of the boat.

Another 15 people were still missing and feared dead; 79 survived. Most survivors were rescued by another tourist boat that came along more than an hour after the Bulgaria sank in a storm.