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SUMMARY. This is the final report by the Joint Accident Investigation Commission on the background and sequence of events leading to the foundering of the ro-ro passenger ferry ESTONIA shortly before 0200 hrs on 28 September 1994, and on the subsequent rescue operation 1). The vessel was on a scheduled voyage from Tallinn to Stockholm with 989 ...
Feb 15, 2024 · Updated 5:01 AM PDT, February 15, 2024. STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden won’t reopen an investigation into a 1994 ferry sinking in the Baltic Sea that killed 852 people in one of Europe’s deadliest peacetime sea disasters, after investigators in Estonia, Finland and Sweden found no indication of a collision or an explosion, the prosecutor said ...
Dec 15, 2020 · The official accident investigation into the Estonia disaster in 1997 stated that the locking system of the ship's bow visor was defective, flooding the car deck and causing the vessel to roll ...
Apr 18, 2023 · Published 18 April 2023. In the 2023 Spring Amending Budget, the Government proposes that the Swedish Accident Investigation Authority be allocated SEK 25 million for further investigations of the M/S Estonia in 2023. As part of its investigations, the Authority will salvage the vessel’s bow ramp and photograph and film the vehicle deck.
Sep 28, 1994 · 1 image. Sinking of M/S Estonia on 28 September 1994. Rohkem teavet. The M/S Estonia sank on Wednesday, 28 September 1994, en route from Tallinn, Estonia, to Stockholm, Sweden.
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Jan 30, 2023 · Source: Rene Suurkaev/OJK. The final report on the investigation into the causes of the sinking of the passenger ferry MS Estonia could be ready early next year according to Rene Arikas, head of the Estonian Safety Investigation Bureau (OJK). "If you consider the amount of investigations and analyses, which are still to be carried out, then the ...
