Hungary: Floating crane arrives to sunken Danube tour boat

A huge floating crane in Budapest has arrived to the Danube River location of a sunken tour boat which divers are preparing to be lifted off the river floor.

The crane was positioning itself Friday near Margit Bridge, waiting for the threading of wires under the boat and other arrangements needed to be completed before the lift can begin. Rescue officials said preparations may take at least another day or two.

Eighteen South Korean tourists and a Hungarian crewman are confirmed dead, with nine people still missing in the aftermath of the May 29 collision between the Hableany (Mermaid) and a river cruise ship, the Viking Sigyn. Seven South Koreans were rescued.

A power shovel fixed onto a pontoon works in Danube river near Margaret Bridge, the scene of a boat accident, in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, June 6, 2019. Search operations continue after a sightseeing boat carrying 33 South Korean tourists was crashed into by a large river cruise ship and sank on May 29, killing at least fifteen tourists. (Marton MonusMTI via AP)

Hungarian river police are using 15 vessels and several cadaver dogs in their search for the missing.

A power shovel fixed onto a pontoon works in Danube river near Margaret Bridge, the scene of a boat accident, in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, June 6, 2019. Search operations continue after a sightseeing boat carrying 33 South Korean tourists was crashed into by a large river cruise ship and sank on May 29, killing at least fifteen tourists. (Marton MonusMTI via AP)

A power shovel fixed on a pontoon works in Danube river near Margaret Bridge, the scene of a boat accident, in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, June 6, 2019. Search operations continue after a sightseeing boat carrying 33 South Korean tourists was crashed into by a large river cruise ship and sank on May 29, killing at least fifteen tourists. (Marton MonusMTI via AP)

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s motorcade took a different route than usual to the airport as he was departing Florida on Sunday due to a “suspicious object,” according to the White House.

The object, which the White House did not describe, was discovered during security sweeps in advance of Trump’s arrival at Palm Beach International Airport.

“A further investigation was warranted and the presidential motorcade route was adjusted accordingly,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement Sunday.

The president, when asked about the package by reporters, said, “I know nothing about it.”

Trump left his Palm Beach, Florida, club, Mar-a-Lago, around 6:20 p.m. for the roughly 10-minute drive to the airport, but took a circular route around the city to get there.

During the drive, police officers on motorcycles created a moving blockade for the motorcade, at one point almost colliding with the vans that accompanied Trump.

Air Force One was parked on the opposite side of the airport from where it is usually located and the lights outside the plane were turned off.

Anthony Guglielmi, the spokesman for U.S. Secret Service, said the secondary route was taken just as a precaution and that “that is standard protocol.”

President Donald Trump departs Trump International Golf Club in the presidential limousine, known as The Beast, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)