Sweden said on Friday it would allow an underwater examination of the ferry Estonia, which sank in the Baltic 26 years ago with the loss of 852 lives, after a documentary film showed previously unknown holes in the wreck's hull.
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FILE PHOTO: A helicopter circles an over turned lifeboat from the ferry Estonia, which sank in a storm off southwest Finland early on Wednesday September 28th./File Photo
Sweden to allow underwater investigation of Estonia wreck site World News Reuters Staff STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden said on Friday it would allow an underwater examination of the ferry Estonia, which sank in the Baltic 26 years ago with the loss of 852 lives, after a documentary film showed previously unknown holes in the wreck’s hull. The official investigation concluded in 1997 that the roll-on, roll-off ferry’s bow shield had failed, damaging the bow ramp and flooding the car deck.
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