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One of the victims of the sinking was the Estonian singer Urmas Alender. In total, 94 bodies were recovered: 93 within 33 days of the accident, and the last victim was found 18 months later. [1] By the time the rescue helicopters arrived, around a third of those who escaped from the Estonia had died of hypothermia, while fewer than half of ...
- 28 September 1994; 29 years ago
- Baltic Sea
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- 00:50–01:50 (UTC+2)
Sep 29, 2020 · People from 17 countries lost their lives in the disaster. Of the 852 people killed, 501 were Swedish and 285 were Estonian. A crew member who survived the accident told the BBC at the time that...
Oct 4, 2020 · At 1.50am the Estonia sank, stern first, in international waters about 40km south-southeast of the Finnish island of Utö. Only 138 people were rescued, one of whom died in hospital.
Sinking of the Estonia, disaster that occurred on September 28, 1994, when the ferry Estonia sank in the Baltic Sea, killing 852 people. It is among the 20th century’s worst maritime disasters and the second-deadliest sinking of a European civilian vessel after that of the Titanic.
Nov 18, 2021 · It sank en route from Tallinn to Stockholm killing 852 people. The wreck now lies at the bottom of the sea about 80 metres below the surface near Uto Island. The fate of the vessel has sparked...
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Sep 28, 2020 · A total of 852 people drowned when the passenger and car ferry sank in Finnish waters in the early hours of 28 September 1994 while en route from Tallinn to Stockholm, in Europe’s worst...
Jul 25, 2023 · Two of the 137 survivors from the sinking of the Estonia were on board the ship - Ants Madar from Estonia and Swedish survivor Urban Lambertsson from Sweden. Mr Lambertsson survived by...
