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Sweden aims to allow probe into deadly 1994 Estonia ferry disaster It was the worst peacetime disaster at sea in European waters. Sweden wants to lift a diving ban to re-examine why the ship sank. Dives to the wreck of passenger ferry Estonia are illegal but Sweden wants to change this Sweden said Friday it would seek to lift a ban on inspections of the wreck of the Estonia ferry. The Estonia was on its way from the Estonian capital of Tallinn to Stockholm when it sank in the Baltic Sea in September 1994. With the loss of 852 lives, it was one of the worst maritime disasters of the 20th cent...

Sweden aims to allow probe into deadly 1994 Estonia ferry disaster © Provided by dw.com Dives to the wreck of passenger ferry Estonia are illegal but Sweden wants to change this Sweden said Friday it would seek to lift a ban on inspections of the wreck of the Estonia ferry. The Estonia was on its way from the Estonian capital of Tallinn to Stockholm when it sank in the Baltic Sea in September 1994. With the loss of 852 lives, it was one of the worst maritime disasters of the 20th century. A 1997 inquiry concluded the disaster was caused by the bow door of the ship being wrenched open in a ...

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...

STOCKHOLM, Dec 18 (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. However, a Discovery Network documentary shown earlier in the autumn about the disaster included new underwater video images from the wreck site showing two previously unknown holes ...

Sweden to allow underwater investigation of Estonia wreck site FILE PHOTO: A helicopter circles an over turned lifeboat from the ferry Estonia, which sank in a storm off south.. 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. However,...