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Swedes want checks for hull damage in 1994 ferry disaster
by The Associated Press
Last Updated Dec 18, 2020 at 10:14 am EDT
COPENHAGEN Sweden said Friday it wants divers to inspect the wreck of one of Europe’s deadliest peacetime maritime disasters, the sinking of a ferry in the Baltic Sea in 1994 that killed 852 people, in order to probe claims of a large hole in the hull.
A 1997 report had concluded that the M/S Estonia that was sailing from Tallinn to Stockholm sank after the bow door locks failed in a storm, and flatly rejected the theory of a hole, which has long been the focus of speculate on about a possible explosion on board.