Caused by myriad reasons, this Baltic Sea accident was an event so unprecedented that the extent of the damages caused, both to life and to property, is still shocking even after almost 15 years since the disaster occurred. However, Evertsson said it was 'absolutely essential and journalistically important' to send a camera down to the wreck. The ferry went down on the morning of September 28, 1994, while travelling between Tallinn and Stockholm, killing 852 of the 989 people on board. Experts told the filmmakers that only a massive external force would be strong enough to cause the rupture, raising many questions about what really happened that night. At that time, TSA agreed that the "known" status of the funeral homes that ship by air, the limited access to the preparation room and the transportation procedures used … A photograph depicting what a federal official claims to be human remains entombed in the mud surrounding the RMS Titanic’s wreckage site has been released in its full form to the public for the first time Saturday — in time for the 100th anniversary of the sinking, the Associated Press reports. 2,000-year-old shipwreck releases human remains from watery grave. Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group. Nov 14, 2017 - Explore Christine Sorra's board "Shipwrecks and Skeletons of the Deep...", followed by 435 people on Pinterest. The Uluburun wreck … Nordic leaders said on Monday they would examine evidence from a new documentary that could shatter the official explanation of how 852 people died in a 1994 ferry sinking in the Baltic Sea. The sinking of the ferry vessel MS Estonia in the Baltic Sea is an accident that will haunt the maritime domain for long years and even beyond. Found in 100 meters (328 feet) of relatively shallow water, the Eregli E shipwreck is located off Turkey’s northern coast and the town of Eregli, which was part of the ancient Greek trading empire. Proud Boys and Trump fans clash with cops and scream 'f*** Antifa' in bloody protest in Washington DC on the... 'Don't listen to these imbeciles!' It has taken more than twenty years of efforts in the French legal system to have the case heard and the claimants are asking for more than 40 million euro ($45 million) for psychological damages, Cordier said. What every investor needs to know in lockdown III. In 1997, investigators concluded the disaster was caused by the bow door of the ship being wrenched open in heavy seas, allowing water to gush into the car deck. JOHN FLESHER November 3, 1995. Pregnant women who catch Covid may pass on the virus to their babies as some infants test positive within... McDonald's cancels walk-in takeaways at ALL 1,300 UK and Ireland branches due to lockdown - leaving furious... Facebook data could be used to predict and track virus outbreaks before they even happen. In this file photo taken on September 29, 1994 Finnish Army recruits carrying victims of the MS Estonia ferry disaster into an amphibious landing craft for transfer from the island of Uto to the mainland. Why must THEY pay the price for the virus? The ship went down in just one hour, leaving only 137 survivors. However, a unique shipwreck discovered by Ballard’s team in the Black Sea is an exception to that rule. By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Updated 7:39 AM EST, Thu November 17, 2016 Story highlights. Published: 19:43 GMT, 28 September 2020 | Updated: 20:00 GMT, 28 September 2020. Boys born to overweight women are 40 per cent more likely to grow up infertile, study finds. They never made it. The ferry quickly listed to starboard and sank into the frigid Baltic Sea in less than 45 minutes under circumstances which can only be described as mysterious. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. Isotopic proveniencing of all individuals from the ship and boat burials at Salme, Estonia, is the subject of this study of the interred human remains from around AD 750, at the beginning of the Viking period. The area near the Finnish island of Uto was designated a sea grave, prohibiting further exploration of the wreckage. The Uluburun is a 3,300-year-old shipwreck discovered off the coast of Uluburun (Grand Cape), near Kaş in south-western Turkey. Numerous theories about the cause of the sinking have circulated for years, none of them proven as of yet. It is among the oldest ships ever discovered and contained one of the wealthiest and largest known assemblages of Late Bronze Age items found in the Mediterranean. As a result, documentary director Henrik Evertsson and another crew member were arrested following their examination of the site last September, and face up to two years' imprisonment in Sweden for violating the sanctity of the gravesite. They opposed a refloating of the ship, in part because of the cost and logistics of raising the vast number of bodies trapped in the hull. Doomsayers predicted its collapse, but the... Two pound coin commemorating HG Wells is decorated with a War of the Worlds tripod with FOUR legs. Copyright © 2021 Channels Incorporated Limited. More than 1,000 people including survivors and the families of victims of Europe’s worst peacetime shipping disaster took their claims for compensation to a French court on Friday, 25 years after the sinking of MV Estonia in the Baltic Sea. Maxime Cordier, a lawyer acting for them, said the court would rule “who is responsible for the negligence in the conception and the operation of the vessel”. The French court will assess whether shipbuilder Jos L. Meyer-Werft and the French certification agency, Bureau Veritas, which had inspected the ferry twice in 1994, should pay damages to the 1,116 plaintiffs. The cruise ferry MS Estonia, built in the German shipyard Meyer Werft, was en route to Stockholm from the Estonian province of Tallinn when it sank on 28 September 1994. The comments below have not been moderated. Experts have now pinpointed the wreck of the Estonia, lying in waters some 80 metres (40 fathoms) deep off the coast of Finland. Estonia shipwreck survivors demand compensation after 25 years. These include a collision with another vessel, either a military ship or a submarine, as well as theories that organised crime gangs were involved or that an explosion went off on the ship. Known only as the “Russian Wreck”, the mysterious sunken ship was discovered in 1988 beneath eighty feet (24m) of water. Introducing Hollywood's new power couple! READ ALSO: Two Cuban Doctors Abducted In Kenya. The wreck of a U.S. World War II destroyer has been found. Survivors and relatives of those killed have fought for over two decades for a fuller investigation, with some claiming that the opening of the bow visor would not have caused the vessel to sink as quickly as it did. //. A research team discovered the sunken ship … The Salme ships are two clinker-built ships of Scandinavian origin discovered in 2008 and 2010 near the village of Salme on the island of Saaremaa, Estonia. ', An underwater image taken from the new documentary shows a hole in the hull of the sunken ferry MS EstoniaÂ, According to information presented in the documentary, the hole is four metres high and has previously been partly hidden towards the sea bedÂ, In this November 19, 1994 file photo, the bow door of the sunken passenger ferry MS Estonia is lifted up from the bottom of the sea, off Uto Island, in the Baltic Se. British researchers unveil Covid test that gives results in FIVE minutes - amid hopes it could help get... A glimmer of hope? AFP. A marine explorer's decision to include pictures of the underwater remains of a crewman killed in the Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck in a 20th anniversary book and … Until now the countries involved, including Estonia, Sweden and Finland, have proven extremely reluctant to re-examine the causes of the disaster. The story goes that in a fresh water lake, at that depth, there are no fish to eat the remains and the temperature is so low all year round, that a body won't decompose. If a relative dies in a foreign country, the costs and paperwork associated with transportation of human remains for burial purposes overseas can make a terrible event even worse. Passengers coming to Britain WILL need a negative Covid test within 72 hours of departure under plan to be... 1.1MILLION Britons have Covid including one-in-THIRTY Londoners, ONS figures show after Britain recorded... Coronavirus restrictions might be needed NEXT WINTER if vaccine drive doesn't suppress enough infections,... Democrat Raphael Warnock wins Georgia Senate runoff and second race sees Ossoff take the lead by 12,000... New mother wins payout of up to £9k after she was left out of Christmas party while on maternity leave. 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