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On 5 September 2009, the ''Ilinden'' sightseeing boat with a group of 57 foreign tourists on board, of which 55 were Bulgarian, sank in Lake Ohrid, southwestern Republic of Macedonia. 15 lives were lost.〔http://www.nsd.se/nyheter/artikel.aspx?ArticleID=4855239〕 The sinking of the ''Ilinden'' was the deadliest boat accident in the history of the Republic of Macedonia. Lake Ohrid is the deepest lake in the Balkans, with maximum depth of . The ''Ilinden'' boat was taking tourists to the Saint Naum Monastery. The boat, built in 1924, had a maximum capacity of 45 passengers.〔〔 It sank within four minutes, some 200 metres from the shore, in shallow waters. The boat is said to have sunk around 11:00 AM local time,〔〔 in the vicinity of the Elešec camping site. Two other boats, the ''Alexandria'' and the ''Kristina'', were nearby at the time and were able to assist the passengers of the ''Ilinden''. Most of the tourists on board were senior citizens, many of whom were unable to swim. Victims were from Pirdop, Zlatitsa, Chelopech and particularly Anton. The Republic of Macedonia's top officials visited the place of the accident. Prime Minister of Bulgaria Boyko Borisov ordered that a Bulgarian government aeroplane bring the surviving Bulgarians back home.〔〔 Another aeroplane, a Bulgarian Air Force C-27J Spartan, transported the corpses of Bulgarian victims.〔 The Minister of Transportation and Communications of the Republic of Macedonia Mile Janakievski offered his resignation over the accident due to moral reasons,〔( Minister of Transport and Communication resigned )〕 which was not accepted by Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski.〔(Macedonian government refuses to accept Janakievski's resignation ). SETimes.com, 10 September 2009. Accessed 2009-09-27. (Archived ) 2009-09-30.〕 6 September was declared a national day of mourning in the Republic of Macedonia. Similarly, 7 September was declared a national day of mourning in Bulgaria and all official events related to the celebration of the Bulgarian unification on 6 September were cancelled.〔〔 A minute of silence was observed before Macedonia and Bulgaria's 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers later on 5 September and against Scotland and Montenegro. A nongovernmental organization, the Bulgarian Cultural Club – Skopje proposed to Mayor Aleksandar Petreski of Ohrid the erection of a monument commemorating both the victims of the accident and those whose courageous help saved many lives.〔(Further delay for the sunken ''Ilinden'' ). ALFA TV, 17 September 2009. (in Macedonian)〕〔(NGO proposes monument to be erected in memory of Ohrid Lake victims ). Startpagina.nl, 26 September 2009.〕〔(Monument for the drowned Bulgarians in Ohrid ). Forum Biweekly, 26 September 2009. (in Macedonian). Accessed 2009-09-27. (Archived ) 2009-09-30.〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2009 Lake Ohrid boat accident」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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