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Who is this?

Good morning. Do you speak Finnish?

Yes I do.

We have problem over here.

The ship has tilted quite heavily to the right.

About twenty to thirty degrees.

Could you come to our help and contact Viking Line too?

Viking Line is close by and they must have heard you by now.

What are your coordinates?

We have a blackout, we're not able to...

tell you that...

Okay, right, let's get to work.

Shall I wake up the captain?

Yes, of course.

Are you coming to our help?

Of course we are, but right now we need to establish your location.

This is the bridge.

The Estonia just called Mayday.

Okay.

Mariella ― Silja Europa.

Mariella ― Silja Europa.

Yes, this is Mariella.

Do you have visual contact with the Estonia?

No, I don't see anything, but they should be on our port side.

We have to try and find them.

It's a bit difficult

since they didn't give us any coordinates.

I'm giving you the coordinates now.

Okay, I'm listening.

59 degrees north latitude and 22 minutes.

59°22'. And longitude?

21°40' eastern.

21°40' eastern, okay.

Things are looking really bad over here.

Copy that. 21°40', was it?

You were saying...

Let's prepare for turning the ship.

Start turning.

We can't publish any footage containing victims.

That's enough.

Will you let me know when you see the bow?

Sure.

Cruise ferry Estonia's wreck has been located

and the first video shoot at the wreck has started this afternoon.

The beginning of the investigation has also been shadowed

by the Swedes' criticism toward the first steps the commission has taken.

The Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet is accusing

the commission's chairman Arnold Rooste

of rushing through the investigation.

The investigation has only just started...

What the hell is that?

Apparently it's about your "two weeks" comment.

What comment?

The Swedish newspapers quote you saying

that the investigation would be done in two weeks

and because of that they doubt your competence.

When did I ever say that? - At the press conference.

Probably you expressed yourself in a way

that could be interpreted in multiple ways.

Robot camera footage from the wreck, however, is hoped to shed some light

on the root causes of the accident...

It seems that we have at least something to show people

before two weeks are up.

...as the bow visor failed in the harsh weather

and water entered the ship through the broken visor.

Fine, but that's all I'm able to say at the moment.

Thank you. Thank you and goodbye.

Henri Peltonen.

I'm calling from the TT News Agency. We'd like you to...

We're in the middle of

an ongoing investigation. I can't give any statements.

I understand, but now the Germans...

I can't give an interview at this point.

We have information that Finnish

authorities modified the Estonia's bow.

We need a statement. When are you available for an interview?

Not right now. No, it's not possible.

Modification permit. Marine administration.

Thank you very much. Bye.

That journalist called you too?

He asked me where the modification permit for the bow structure is.

What modification permit? - That's what he asked me too.

While the Estonia was sailing under a Finnish flag

some changes were made to its bow.

Now the permit is missing. - Missing, how?

It can't be found, that's how.

I'll take care of that.

You can deal with the rescue services' radio traffic.

I don't know anything about that.

CHANGES TO THE BOW VISOR In Finland!!!

Eric listen...

Unbelievable...

Like this... Yes.

Can I make a request?

Yes, I guess you can.

I have a lot to do...

Could we start with the technical observations?

I think it's better if we start viewing all of this

from a psychological perspective.

It's very important that he can revisit

the events over and over and over again.

We can never disregard the human factor.

Therefore, I suggest

that we let him tell us what happened in chronological order.

I haven't really been able to sleep.

He's been having trouble sleeping.

I've tried to forget everything...

but it's hard.

It's hard to forget what happened.

The captain arrived and obviously took command.

The ship is now toward the Estonia.

There's some swaying on the car deck, but the situation is under control.

Mariella, this is Silja Europa.

Let's search the area.

Mariella ― Europa.

Can you see the ship from where you are?

No.

There's an echo, but it might be another ship further out.

She's probably adrift somewhere out there.

What's on the radar?

No sight of it anymore, Captain.

Maybe the new radar thinks it's an island.

Can you switch the old one on?

Sure.

Mariella, this is Silja Europa.

Mariella ― Europa. We're here now.

But it looks like the Estonia has capsized or sunk.

There are rafts, lamps everywhere.

We can't get any closer. The wind is too strong.

Silja Europa ― Helsinki Radio.

Helsinki ― Silja Europa.

Silja Europa's captain will be in charge of the accident scene.

Europa, out.

Mandelin.

The rescue operation is your responsibility.

I'll do what I can.

Shall we use the pilot's door?

No, it's too far down.

What about a rope ladder?

Won't work. Rope ladders are too short.

Let's just get out and try to find a solution.

Fasten your coat properly it's cold out there.

The ship should be able to protect us so that the waves won't be that hard.

It will help us on the other side.

Have you done this before?

No.

We should be able to get the lifeboat in the water

but climbing into it from the water might be impossible.

We'll think of something.

Alright.

We won't be able to lower a rope ladder.

The boats won't work in this weather, either.

There are more choppers on the way.

From Sweden too. We'll follow the situation from the deck.

Can we get any closer?

It'll do more harm than good. This is a big ship.

We might drift onto people.

There are people down there.

I can hear them screaming!

Then some crew members

came there.

Their names...

I can't remember their names now, but they had

experience in rescue missions, so it was decided that

we'd get him down there.

This man who works in the casino.

In your ship's casino? - Yes.

He said he could do it.

Any ideas?

We have to go down to the raft, okay?

I don't think we can get over the railing.

We have to pull up the rafts.

Aren't you the roulette guy?

I'll go down.

She'll winch me down.

What else can we do?

Ever been involved in

a rescue operation?

I took a rescue course.

I did basic training with the rescue service.

Are you sure about this?

We can't just do nothing.

I'm asking permission to try and lift the raft out of the sea with a winch.

I can't see the situation from over here.

It's your call.

Okay. Yes.

I have to ask one last time:

Are you sure about this?

Can you see the life raft from up there?

If we manage to stay close enough to the ship

we'll be able to land as close as possible too.

I can't see anything from here. Just tell me what I should do.

Hey! Do you hear me? We're going to lift you up!

OK.

Begin lifting.

It'll be fine!

You have to get us up!

Do we continue?

Mandelin, what's happening out there? Can you hear me?

Mandelin, can you hear me, Mandelin?

What's happening over there?

And...

I asked...

the captain whether they could see the situation

since it was really hard to see from the edge.

But...

the decision was made.

Or I made the decision that we couldn't lower it any more.

We had to lift it up.

Let's continue! Pull it up from there!

Stop! Stop! Stop!

Impossible.

What the hell is happening up there?!

Lift the raft up!

Lift the raft up!

Continue! Pull it up!

It'll be fine!

Mom!

What's the situation over there now?

I don't want to... climb...

Climb what?

We got the raft up and managed to

rescue the boy.

A minor detail...

but the boy was...

in shock, and he said

he didn't want to climb any more.

That he didn't want to climb any more.

-Climb up the bow visor? -Yeah, that he...

Or the ramp? The bow visor or the ramp?

The ramp.

I don't remember exactly what he said, but it made me wonder.

Which word did he use?

I don't really remember.

The bow visor i.e. the ramp.

A minor detail, but...

Just something I remember.

I understand that talking about this may be difficult.

Your dad can come and sit with us if you like.

It's okay.

Could you just briefly tell me your memories of leaving the ship?

Or what you remember from the deck.

We were looking for a lifeboat.

We saw one and tried to get into it, but it...

It felt

too dangerous.

And then, the entire ship

started to list.

We realized that it was going to sink.

The only thing we could do

was climb down into the water along a wall.

Was that wall like a ramp

the kind that is used for cars?

It was a ramp.

It was a ramp.

Was it open, like this?

Or like this?

What would you say?

It was almost wide open.

Wide open?

Yes.

It doesn't look too good from down here.

We can mark the spot with a flag buoy and pick it up later.

Berglund seems smart.

Why did he decide to drop it?

What can you see over there behind Jörgen?

It's Sweden.

Waiting for an explanation for why so many died.

What about behind Arnold?

Estonia. They're afraid of the answer.

Shouldn't the commission's work be based on facts?

Facts can be a matter of opinion.

Except that they aren't.

What's behind our backs then?

Think about that.

The Swedish Maritime Administration is planning the operation.

We are scheduling 80 or so diving hours in and around the wreck.

What interests us the most at this point

is what happened on the ship's bridge

and how the crew reacted to the situation.

Diving at that deep

requires special equipment and special divers.

We have contacted and will hire American and British divers

who are experts in this area.

What about salvaging the ship? Is that something you're considering?

Salvaging the wreck and the bodies is not the Commission's responsibility.

But I do know that the Swedish Government

and the Maritime Administration

are actively investigating this possibility

and how such a process might work.

Will Finland and Estonia be involved in the operation?

Well, we'll be asking the Finnish Coast Guard for assistance...

They're just trying to figure out what happened, too, aren't they?

Estonia, on the other hand, will not be involved in this operation.

My wife disappeared with the Estonia.

She's still down there with the wreck.

I don't see how this will give me any answers.

This is so pointless. All they do is talk.

I mean, it's a Swedish shipping company.

Someone must be able to tell us something.

That journalist called again, asked you to call him back.

Hello.

Did he just say "absolutely dangerous" aloud?

Finnish engineer on Finnish TV. Why does it matter?

He's talking about our ship, Gustav.

And we would like to build many more.

I hope you have nothing major planned for between now and Christmas.

You do understand what this means?

If the upshot is that an

"absolutely dangerous structure" caused the accident.

Finland is the country that originally ordered the ship.

Our modification permit for the bow visor is missing.

That makes us look bad.

That the Swedes inspected the visor

and let the ship sail makes them look bad.

The Estonian crew...

They banged the visor shut with a sledgehammer.

Looks bad too.

And the German shipyard built an "absolutely useless bow visor".

Nicht Gut.

Peltonen. - It's Pasi.

I'm watching this right now.

You should see it too.

Well, that was it.

The Swedes didn't give us all the diving footage.

Just one VHS tape with only 58 minutes of footage in it.

Rooste said that's more than the Estonians got.

Did the Swedes give any explanation for this?

No, not yet.

It seems they're playing their own game now.

Good work.

Shall we go back first thing tomorrow?

If you need to take time off just mark it on the roster.

We did what we could.