852 human lives were lost when the passenger Ro-Ro ferry MV Estonia sank on the night of 27/28th of September 1994 in the Baltic Sea, while on route between Tallinn, Estonia, and Stockholm, Sweden. Instantly, a panel of investigators from three countries, Estonia, Sweden and Finland, was set up and the accident was studied in some detail. The conclusions as to the causal factors as well as the established sequence of events leading to sinking of the vessel were published 37 months later in the official report. Primarily, inadequate design of the locking devices of the forward bow ramp was blamed for the tragedy.
To read the latest report of the investigation follow these links:
http://www.sspa.se/news/2008/the-research-study-on-the-sinking-of-mv-estonia-is-now-completed
www.safety-at-sea.co.uk/mvestonia/ |
