by Mariska Buitendijk | Oct 12, 2021 | Maritime accidents, News
The ro/pax ferry M/V Estonia sank in September 1994. Since then, several investigations have taken place to find the cause of the accident. An overview of the investigations and their findings so far. The Estonia sank on 28 September 1994 during a heavy storm in the...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Sep 28, 2021 | Maritime accidents, News, Passenger ships
This month, the SA Mare Liberum fund that was established upon an initiative of close relatives of people who died in the sinking of MS Estonia, is organising a privately initiated expedition to the wreck of the ferry. The goal of the expedition is to find answers to...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Jul 19, 2021 | Maritime accidents, News, Passenger ships
The Swedish Accident Investigation Authority has released some preliminary findings after conducting inspections of the Estonia shipwreck. The two holes in the ferry’s hull filmed by documentary filmmakers earlier have been confirmed and documented with scanning...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Jun 21, 2021 | Maritime accidents, News
Divers are likely to start a new investigation this summer near the wreck of the ferry M/S Estonia, which sank in 1994 killing 852 people. Renewed attention was paid to the shipwreck after documentary makers showed footage of two large holes in the ship’s hull...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Feb 1, 2021 | News
The new Estonian government is determined to continue the investigation into the disaster involving the sunken ferry Estonia. Prime Minister Kaja Kallas told her Swedish counterpart Stefan Lofven of this in a telephone conversation on Friday evening, 29 January....
