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WE ARE LOSING HER!

A MASSIVE SHIP FLIPS
OVER IN A NORWEGIAN CHANNEL.

THERE WAS A WATER INRUSH

OF ABOUT 2,000 TONS
WITHIN MINUTES.

WHAT WAS THE DECK

IS NOW RAPIDLY BECOMING
THE CEILING.

THE DESPERATE SEARCH
FOR SURVIVORS...

I HEARD KNOCKING.

SHOW ME.

BECOMES
A RACE AGAINST TIME...

SOMEONE IS ALIVE.

SOMEONE IS TRAPPED.

AND SPARKS ONE OF THE
MOST CHALLENGING INVESTIGATIONS

IN NORWEGIAN HISTORY.

-ABANDON SHIP!
-AH!

GO!

NORWAY'S WEST COAST.

EVERY DAY, HUNDREDS OF SHIPS

NAVIGATE THESE FJORDS
AND CHANNELS.

THEY'RE A CRUCIAL GATEWAY

TO SOME OF THE BUSIEST
WATERWAYS IN THE WORLD.

THEY'RE ALSO
EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS.

IT'S NOT SO EASY TO NAVIGATE

IN THESE KIND OF WATERS.

YOU HAVE THE FJORDS,

AND VERY OFTEN YOU HAVE
VERY, VERY NARROW PASSAGES

SO THAT YOU MUST NAVIGATE
VERY CAREFULLY.

JANUARY 19, 2004.

THE MASSIVE CARGO SHIP ROCKNES
IS TRAVELING

THROUGH THE WINDING CHANNEL
FROM EIKEFET, NORWAY,

EN ROUTE TO THE OPEN OCEAN.

CAPTAIN JAN JUVIK IS
IN COMMAND OF THE SHIP

AND ALL 30 PEOPLE ON BOARD.

HOW'S OUR PROGRESS, PILOT?

HIS SHIP IS LOADED
WITH STATE-OF-THE-ART EQUIPMENT.

BUT TO SAFELY NAVIGATE
THESE WATERS,

THE CAPTAIN IS RELYING
ON A LOCAL PILOT,

41-YEAR-OLD VERMUND HALHJEM.

YEAH, ALL GOOD.

SO FAR STILL ON SCHEDULE, TOO.

CAPTAIN BARRY LUSK IS
AN EXPERT IN MARINE NAVIGATION,

AND HE KNOWS JUST HOW CRUCIAL
THE PILOT'S ROLE IS.

THE PILOT KNOWS THAT

AREA LIKE THE BACK OF HIS HAND,

AND MOST CAPTAINS OFTEN TURN

THE ENTIRE SHIP OVER
TO THE PILOT

KNOWING FULL WELL THAT HE KNOWS
A LOT MORE ABOUT THE JOURNEY

THAT IS GOING TO BE UNDERTAKEN
THAN THE CAPTAIN DOES.

STEADY AS SHE GOES.

HALHJEM WILL BE
IN CHARGE OF NAVIGATION

TILL THEY CLEAR THE HAZARDOUS
CHANNELS AND REACH THE OPEN SEA.

IT'S SOMETHING HE'S DONE
ALMOST A THOUSAND TIMES BEFORE.

BUT THE ROCKNES IS
NO ORDINARY SHIP.

544 FEET LONG,

THIS IS THE WORLD'S LARGEST
FLEXIBLE FALL PIPE SHIP,

ALSO KNOWN AS A ROCK DUMPER.

SHE CARRIED THE ROCK ON BOARD

IN HER CARGO HOLDS,

AND THEN SHE WAS ABLE TO,
THROUGH A CONVEYOR SYSTEM

AND A PIPE SYSTEM THAT WOULD
EXTEND OUT BELOW THE HULL,

TO FUNNEL ROCK VERY SPECIFICALLY
IN A VERY SMALL AREA.

AND THIS IS REALLY GOOD FOR
SECURING SUBSEA PIPELINES

AND LAYING PROTECTIVE ROCK

IN CLOSE TO
CIVIL ENGINEERING PROJECTS.

ALL THAT
HEAVY EQUIPMENT IS GREAT

FOR MOVING GRAVEL, BUT IT MAKES
THIS SHIP TRICKY TO STEER.

CAPTAIN JAN MAGNE FOSSE
HAS PILOTED THE ROCKNES

AND KNOWS JUST HOW
DEMANDING IT COULD BE.

THE IMPORTANT CHALLENGES

FOR PILOTING THAT SHIP

WAS THE QUITE POOR VISIBILITY
FROM THE BRIDGE.

IF YOU TRIED TO LOOK
WHAT'S AHEAD OF THE SHIP,

YOU COULD ACTUALLY
NOT SEE ANYTHING ELSE

THAN THE SUPERSTRUCTURE.

THE PILOT NEEDS
TO WALK MORE THAN 80 FEET

FROM ONE SIDE OF THE BRIDGE
TO THE OTHER

JUST TO SEE WHAT'S AHEAD.

GETTING MY EXERCISE TODAY.

FOR SURE.

IMAGINE YOU'RE
DRIVING DOWN A ROAD

AND THERE'S AN ENORMOUS BLOCK
RIGHT DOWN THE CENTER LINE

OF THE HOOD OF YOUR VEHICLE.

THEY'RE JUST MINUTES
AWAY FROM ENTERING THE CHANNEL

THAT WILL TAKE THEM
TO THE OPEN SEA

AT A PLACE CALLED VATLESTRAUMEN.

THE CHANNEL
IS VERY NARROW.

SO THEY MUST KEEP
THE CENTER LINE OF THIS CHANNEL

IN ORDER TO BE SAFE.

THAT'S EASIER
SAID THAN DONE.

CURRENTS HERE ARE UNPREDICTABLE.

THE CURRENT
IN VATLESTRAUMEN

IS RUNNING IN
DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.

SO, IT CAN BE QUITE CHALLENGING

JUST TO KEEP THE SHIP STEADY
ON A COURSE.

EIGHT STORIES
BELOW THE BRIDGE,

THE SHIP'S CREW MONITORS
MASSIVE 7,300-KILOWATT ENGINES.

OIL PRESSURE LOOKS GOOD.

OK!

THEY KNOW THE PILOT
COULD NEED MORE POWER

AT ANY MOMENT.

AMONG THEM IS HUBERT MANGINSAY,
THE SHIP'S ELECTRICIAN.

LIKE MANGINSAY,

MOST OF THE CREW ARE
FROM THE PHILIPPINES.

THEY'RE HALF A WORLD AWAY,

AND THEY SPEND SIX, EIGHT, TEN
MONTHS AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILY,

WORKING ABOARD THOSE SHIPS.

THE ENORMOUS SHIP
CATCHES THE ATTENTION

OF GISLE MELLUM AND HIS WIFE.

THEY WATCH FROM SHORE
AS IT PASSES THEIR HOME.

MY WIFE AND I HAD
JUST EATEN DINNER, SAW ROCKNES.

WOW, LOOK AT THE SIZE
OF THAT THING.

IT'S ABSOLUTELY MASSIVE.

IT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST SHIPS
WE SAW PASS BY IN VATLESTRAUMEN.

SO WE WENT OUT AND JUST WERE
TAKING A NICE SHOT OF IT.

ON THE BRIDGE
OF THE ROCKNES,

THE PILOT IS MAKING HIS FINAL
TURN INTO THE CHANNEL.

HELM, GIVE ME
FIVE DEGREES PORT RUDDER.

SOMETHING
DOESN'T FEEL RIGHT.

YOU FEEL THAT?

IT'S LISTING.

THE PILOT NOTED A SLIGHT
SHIFT OR A LIST TO STARBOARD.

LET'S SEE WHAT
WE'RE DEALING WITH.

DOES IT LOOK LIKE IT'S,
IT'S LEANING OVER TO ONE SIDE?

SOMETHING IS WRONG.

SOMETHING IS DEFINITELY
NOT RIGHT.

DID YOU FEEL THAT?

YEAH.

THE SHIP IS ROLLING
DANGEROUSLY TO STARBOARD.

SOUND THE GENERAL ALARM!

AND IT'S NOT STOPPING.

I HEARD THE SOS SIGNAL
AND STARTING TO WONDERING,

WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING?

THE VESSEL IS LISTING,
SHE'S LISTING QUICKLY.

OH, MY GOD!

THE BOAT IS STARTING
TO FLIP OVER.

SO I TAKE UP MY CAMERA AGAIN.

THE FARTHER THEY ROLL,

THE MORE LIKELY IT IS
THEY'LL CAPSIZE COMPLETELY.

THERE'S PANIC
ON THE BRIDGE.

HARD APORT!

THE PILOT HOPES A
SHARP TURN WILL LEVEL THE SHIP.

BUT IT DOESN'T WORK.

THE CAPTAIN
VERY QUICKLY REALIZED

THAT THIS IS
A LIFE-AND-DEATH SITUATION.

THIS IS THE CAPTAIN.

ABANDON SHIP! ABANDON SHIP!

THE ENGINE ROOM IS
AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE SHIP.

WE ARE LOSING HER!

MAYDAY! MAYDAY! MAYDAY!

WE ARE TURNING OVER
IN THE CHANNEL!

LOOSE EQUIPMENT
IS FLYING AROUND.

THEY'RE LITERALLY
TRYING TO HOLD ON

TO BITS AND PIECES OF EQUIPMENT.

THE PILOT REALIZED
THAT IT'S JUST A FEW SECOND,

AND WE WILL BE CAPSIZED.

SO HE JUST WENT DIRECTLY
FOR THE DOOR.

THE PILOT MANAGES
TO HAUL HIMSELF OUT

THROUGH THE BRIDGE WING DOOR,

AND BELOW DECKS,
THE CREW RACES FOR THE EXITS.

WHAT WAS THE DECK IS NOW
RAPIDLY BECOMING THE CEILING.

SOMEHOW, THE PILOT
PULLS HIMSELF OVER THE HANDRAIL

ONTO THE SIDE OF THE SHIP.

HE RUN
ON THE SIDE OF THE SHIP

TO GET UP TO THE BOTTOM
OF THE SHIP

BEFORE THE SHIP
WAS TOTALLY CAPSIZED.

HE FINDS HIMSELF
ACTUALLY STANDING

ON WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN
UNDERWATER A MINUTE AGO--

THE HULL OF THE SHIP.

THE ROCKNES IS NOW
COMPLETELY UPSIDE DOWN.

THERE'S NO SIGN OF THE CAPTAIN
OR OTHER OFFICERS.

THE PILOT IS THE ONLY ONE
WHO MADE IT OFF THE BRIDGE.

WITHIN FOUR MINUTES,

166 METERS OF SHIP
WITH 30 PEOPLE ON BOARD

WAS NOW COMPLETELY CAPSIZED
AND UPSIDE DOWN.

RESCUERS SEARCH
THE FRIGID WATERS

LOOKING FOR SURVIVORS.

NO ONE KNOWS MANGINSAY
AND TWO COLLEAGUES

ARE TRAPPED INSIDE THE SHIP.

HELP!

THEIR OXYGEN
IS RUNNING OUT.

THEIR ONLY HOPE IS THAT
SOMEONE WILL FIND THEM

BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.

THE 544-FOOT ROCKNES
HAS CAPSIZED

IN A NORWEGIAN SHIPPING CHANNEL.

IT MUST HAVE BEEN
AN UNBELIEVABLE SIGHT.

AN ENORMOUS SHIP UPSIDE DOWN IN
THE FJORD IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY.

IN FRONT OF PEOPLE'S HOUSES,
THEY SAW THIS ACTUALLY GO ON.

WITHIN 30 MINUTES

SEVEN SURVIVORS ARE PULLED
FROM THE ICY WATERS.

TWO MORE, INCLUDING THE PILOT,
VERMUND HALHJEM,

ARE AIR-LIFTED FROM THE HULL.

BUT 21 OF THE CREW
ARE STILL MISSING.

OK, LET'S SEE WHAT WE GOT.

LEIF LINDE IS IN
CHARGE OF THE DIVE RESCUE TEAM.

HE HAS YEARS OF EXPERIENCE,

BUT HE'S NEVER SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE THIS.

IT WAS BIG, TOTALLY UNEXPECTED.

THIS WAS AN EVENT
WE NEVER PLANNED FOR.

NOW THEY'VE GOT
TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW,

IS ANYBODY TRAPPED IN UNDERNEATH
IN THE HULL, CAN WE SEE ANYBODY?

RESCUERS CIRCLE
THE SHIP LISTENING FOR SOUNDS,

ANYTHING THAT MIGHT TELL THEM

THERE ARE SURVIVORS
TRAPPED IN THE SHIP.

THEY MAY BE HURT,
THEY MAY BE INJURED,

THE WATER IS COLD.

I THINK
WE'VE GOT SURVIVORS.

WE HEARD KNOCKING.

SHOW ME.

A FAINT SOUND PROVIDES
A FLICKER OF HOPE.

SOMEONE IS ALIVE.

SOMEONE IS TRAPPED.

WE'RE HERE! HELP!

HELP!

HUBERT MANGINSAY AND
TWO COLLEAGUES ARE TRAPPED

IN AN AIR POCKET
NEAR THE ENGINE ROOM.

WHAT WAS ONCE THE BOTTOM
OF THE SHIP IS NOW THE TOP.

HELP, HELP, PLEASE!

THEY'VE MANAGED
TO SURVIVE FLYING EQUIPMENT,

AND ONE OF THEM
HAS A BROKEN ARM.

AND THE THREE OF THEM ARE
CLINGING ON TO A LADDER.

THEY DON'T KNOW HOW LONG

THEIR OXYGEN SUPPLY WILL LAST

OR IF THE WATER WILL
CONTINUE TO RISE.

ANY IDEA WHERE THE SOUND
WAS COMING FROM?

I DON'T KNOW.

IT ECHOED ALL OVER.

COULDN'T HEAR A THING.

LINDE NEEDS
TO FIGURE OUT

WHERE THE SOUND IS COMING FROM.

THE CHALLENGE WAS THAT
KNOCKING REVERBERATES.

WE HAVE
166 METERS OF STEEL.

IT'S LIKE AN ECHO CHAMBER.

SO, SOMEBODY BANGING, WE'RE NOT
SURE WHERE THEY'RE BANGING FROM.

OK, LET'S MAKE A PLAN.

I THINK OUR BEST BET IS HERE.

THIS SECTION.

LINDE KNOWS
IF THERE ARE SURVIVORS,

THEY'LL LIKELY BE NEAR THE
WORK AREAS IN THE ENGINE ROOM.

BUT TIME IS RUNNING OUT.

THEY'RE BREATHING
THIS STUFF IN.

SO IT'S CRITICAL FOR THE RESCUE
TEAM NOW TO GET THESE PEOPLE OUT

AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

LINDE'S MEN INCH
THEIR WAY ALONG THE HULL,

LISTENING FOR THE SOURCE
OF THE SOUNDS.

BUT NOW THERE'S A NEW PROBLEM.

VERY UNSTABLE,
REPEAT, VERY UNSTABLE.

THERE'S ANYWHERE FROM
THREE TO FOUR KNOTS OF CURRENT

MOVING THROUGH THE CHANNEL.

SO THE ROCKNES
IS ACTUALLY MOVING,

SHE'S STILL MOVING
BODILY IN THE WATER,

EVEN THOUGH SHE'S UPSIDE DOWN.

THE DRIFTING WRECK
COULD SINK AT ANY MOMENT.

LINDE HAS TO MAKE
A TOUGH DECISION.

UNDERSTOOD.

LET'S GET OUR GUYS
OUT OF THERE ASAP.

COPY THAT. STANDING DOWN.

HE PUTS THE RESCUE ON HOLD.

THE DANGER WAS THAT
THE SHIP WAS GOING TO SINK

AND TAKE ALL THE RESCUE WORKERS
WITH IT.

WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING
UNTIL WE SECURE THE SHIP.

IT'S TOO DANGEROUS.

THE ONLY CHOICE IS TO
PUSH THE 25,000-TON SHIP ASHORE

TO GET IT OUT OF THE CURRENT.

IT MUST BE DONE CAREFULLY

OR THEY RISK RELEASING
THE AIR POCKET

THAT'S KEEPING THE SHIP AFLOAT
AND THE SURVIVORS ALIVE.

THE DELAY IS AGONIZING.

THE SURVIVORS HAVE NO IDEA
WHAT'S GOING ON.

GET US OUT!

IT STOPPED. IT STOPPED.

AFTER TWO LONG HOURS,
THE ROCKNES IS SECURED TO SHORE.

HELP! WE'RE HERE!

AND LINDE'S TEAM
IS BACK IN ACTION.

HEAR THAT?

I HEARD THAT.

WE'RE HERE!

HELP!

BANG LOUDER!

OK, OK.

HELP! WE'RE HERE!

THERE!

HELP! WE'RE HERE!

HERE, HERE, HERE!

WE'RE COMING.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO
THIS NICE AND CAREFUL.

A LAYER OF STEEL
IS ALL THAT LIES

BETWEEN THE SURVIVORS
AND RESCUE.

BUT LINDE NEEDS
TO PROCEED CAREFULLY.

THEY NEED TO BE SURE
THEY'RE NOT CUTTING

INTO A FUEL TANK OR A PLACE
THAT COULD BE DANGEROUS.

ARE THEY GONNA
BLOW UP SOMETHING?

HE NEEDS TO CUT
JUST THE RIGHT SPOT.

IF WE OPENED THE SHIP
IN THE WRONG PLACE,

THE AIR FROM INSIDE WOULD
ESCAPE, AND THE SHIP WOULD SINK.

WE'RE GONNA DRILL A HOLE,
THEN LET'S TAKE A LOOK.

OK.

TRAPPED AIR
IS THE ONLY THING

KEEPING THE ROCKNES AFLOAT
AND THE THREE MEN ALIVE.

CUTTING A HOLE MIGHT
CAUSE THE ROOM TO FLOOD

AND DROWN THE MEN
BEFORE THEY CAN ESCAPE.

PRESSURIZED AIR BURSTS
THROUGH THE PUNCTURED HULL.

CAN ANYBODY HEAR ME?

THE HOWLING NOISE ADDS
A NEW COMPLICATION.

WE'RE RIGHT BELOW!
RIGHT BELOW!

RESCUERS CAN'T HEAR
WHAT THE SURVIVORS ARE SAYING.

THEY HAVE TO USE NOTES TO FIND
OUT IF THE AREA IS SAFE TO CUT.

WE'RE OUT OF TIME.
WE GOT TO GO NOW.

LINDE ORDERS HIS MEN
TO START CUTTING.

NO ONE IS SURE
WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT.

ALL THAT AIR,
THAT TRAPPED AIR,

IS NOW PRESSING UP
ON THE, ON THE DECK.

ONCE THEY CUT THIS HOLE,
AIR IS GOING TO PUSH OUT,

WATER MAY START TO INCREASE
IN TERMS OF FLOWING UP THROUGH.

HURRY!

LET'S GET 'EM OUT.

GO UP.

ALL THREE MEN
ARE PULLED OUT

SECONDS BEFORE THE COMPARTMENT
FLOODS WITH WATER.

THEY'RE THE LAST CREWMEMBERS
OF THE ROCKNES FOUND ALIVE.

THAT SIGHT AND
THE LOOK ON HIS FACE,

I'LL NEVER FORGET IT.

AFTER SEARCHING ALL NIGHT,

12 CREWMEN FROM THE ROCKNES
HAVE BEEN SAVED.

18 OTHERS, INCLUDING
THE CAPTAIN, ARE DEAD.

FOR THE 18 CASUALTIES,
THERE WERE MANY OPEN QUESTIONS

ON BEHALF OF THEIR
FAMILY MEMBERS.

HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?

THE PRESSURE IS ON
TO FIND OUT

WHAT CAUSED THE DEADLY CAPSIZE
OF THE ROCKNES.

THE DAY AFTER THE TRAGIC CAPSIZE
OF THE ROCKNES,

POLICE DIVERS COMPLETE
A GRIM TASK.

THEY NEED TO RECOVER THE
REMAINING BODIES OF THE CREW

BEFORE THE SHIP IS TOWED
OUT OF THE CHANNEL.

18 PEOPLE DIED HERE; NORWEGIAN
POLICE WANT TO KNOW WHY.

BERGEN'S ASSISTANT CHIEF
OF POLICE, SVEIN ERIK KROGVOLD,

IS IN CHARGE OF
THE POLICE INVESTIGATION.

THE POLICE ARE CONCERNED

ABOUT WHAT IS THE CAUSE
OF THE DISASTER,

IS THERE ANY CRIMINAL ISSUES
HERE CONCERNING THE NAVIGATION,

CONCERNING THE CARGO HANDLING
OF THE SHIP OR OTHER ISSUES.

THERE ARE MANY
WITNESSES TO THE DISASTER,

INCLUDING GISLE MELLUM.

I'VE GOT THE WHOLE THING
ON MY CAMERA.

A SERIES
OF PHOTOGRAPHS CAPTURES

THE TERRIFYING SCENE AS THE
MASSIVE SHIP ROLLS 180 DEGREES.

MARINE INVESTIGATORS FROM
THREE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES

ARE ASSIGNED TO FIND OUT
WHAT WENT WRONG.

RIGHT AWAY THEY'RE STRUCK BY THE
SHOCKING SPEED OF THE DISASTER.

IT'S SO ODD.

HOW DOES A SHIP THIS BIG
CAPSIZE SO FAST?

HANS-JOACHIM MOÖLLER
IS A MARINE SURVEYOR

AND A CONSULTANT ON THE CASE.

I LEARNED THAT THE SHIP
CAPSIZED WITHIN FOUR MINUTES.

AND THIS IS VERY SELDOM.

NORMALLY A SHIP
SHOULDN'T CAPSIZE

WITHIN, WITHIN FOUR MINUTES.

IT'S CLEAR ROCKNES
HIT SOMETHING

THAT TORE A HOLE IN HER SIDE,

BUT IT'S NOT CLEAR HOW THIS HOLE

COULD HAVE TRIGGERED
THE DISASTER.

THE BOTTOM OF THE SHIP,
THE STARBOARD SIDE OF THE SHIP

WAS RIPPED OPEN
FOR ABOUT 20 METERS.

INVESTIGATORS
CALCULATE THE 65-FOOT HOLE

WOULD HAVE LET IN
ABOUT 2,400 TONS OF WATER.

IT'S A LOT OF WATER,
BUT, BUT FOR A SHIP LIKE THIS,

166 METERS LONG,
IT'S NOT SO MUCH.

THE HOLE SIMPLY
ISN'T BIG ENOUGH

TO EXPLAIN THE CAPSIZE.

THERE MUST BE MORE TO THE STORY.

SO AT FIRST MY IDEA WAS
THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG

WITH THE STABILITY
OF THE VESSEL.

INVESTIGATORS LEARN
THE ROCKNES WAS MODIFIED

AND THEN RELAUNCHED
JUST EIGHT MONTHS EARLIER.

THE SHIP WAS
A FORMER BULK CARRIER

AND REDESIGNED AS A ROCK DUMPER.

WHEN THE SHIP
WAS CONVERTED,

THERE WAS 3,000 TONS
OF IRON CASTINGS

ADDED TO THE DECK OF THAT SHIP,

WHICH IS A HUGE
AMOUNT OF WEIGHT.

BECAUSE OF ADDITIONAL
STRUCTURE ON BOARD THE VESSEL,

THEY ALTERED THE COMPLETE
STABILITY OF THE VESSEL.

IS IT POSSIBLE
HER TOP-HEAVY DESIGN

IS WHY SHE CAPSIZED SO QUICKLY?

THE ONLY WAY TO FIND OUT IS
TO RECOVER THE SHIP'S COMPUTERS

FROM INSIDE THE WRECKED SHIP.

I THINK IT WAS CRITICAL
TO HAVE THIS INFORMATION

FROM THE COMPUTERS
BECAUSE THEY CAN RESTART.

THE DELICATE ELECTRONICS

HAVE BEEN SOAKED IN SEAWATER.

NO ONE KNOWS IF THE DATA
HAS SURVIVED.

WHILE MARINE INVESTIGATORS WAIT
FOR THE SALVAGE TO BEGIN,

BERGEN POLICE TRY TO FIND OUT
IF THE SHIP'S PILOT,

VERMUND HALHJEM, IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE DISASTER.

I WANT TO THANK YOU
GENTLEMEN FOR COMING IN.

OUR INTERROGATION OF HIM
WAS VERY FORMAL,

AND WE GAVE HIM THE FORMAL
STATUS OF, OF SUSPECT.

OK, TELL US EVERYTHING
YOU CAN REMEMBER.

START WHEN YOU GOT ON BOARD,
RIGHT UP UNTIL THE CAPSIZE.

BECAUSE HE WAS THE ONLY SURVIVOR
FROM THE, THE BRIDGE,

HE COULD PROVIDE SOME
VERY VITAL INFORMATION.

I KNEW THE AREA WELL.

I WASN'T WORRIED.

HOW WAS VISIBILITY
FROM THE BRIDGE?

THE VISIBILITY WASN'T
GREAT, BUT I COULD HANDLE IT.

THE PILOT TELLS
THE POLICE THE DAY STARTED OUT

LIKE ANY OTHER
ABOARD THE ROCKNES.

GIVE ME FIVE DEGREES
PORT RUDDER.

FIVE DEGREES PORT.

BUT HALHJEM SAYS
THERE WAS ONE HINT OF TROUBLE.

EARLIER IN THE VOYAGE,

HE NOTICED THE ROCKNES WAS
LISTING SLIGHTLY TO ONE SIDE.

YOU FEEL THAT?

YEAH, IT COULD BE
THE CARGO.

THE CONCLUSION
WAS THAT IT MUST HAVE BEEN

SOME OF THE CARGO THAT HAVE
SLIDE OVER TO THE STARBOARD SIDE

AND MAKE THIS LIST PERMANENT.

ON THIS TRIP,
ROCKNES WAS LOADED

WITH MORE THAN
23,000 TONS OF GRAVEL

STOWED IN SIX CARGO HOLDS,

EACH ONE TALLER THAN
A FOUR-STORY HOUSE.

IF THE CARGO WAS
LOADED UNEVENLY,

IT MIGHT HAVE ADDED TOO MUCH
WEIGHT TO ONE SIDE

AND CAUSED THE LIST.

IT'S A PRETTY SMALL LIST.

WE SHOULD BE OK.

ACCORDING TO HALHJEM,
THE CAPTAIN WASN'T WORRIED,

AND THEY CONTINUED
ON THEIR JOURNEY.

STEADY AS SHE GOES.

FOR MORE THAN SIX HOURS,

THERE WAS NO FURTHER
SIGN OF TROUBLE.

THEN THE ROCKNES
STARTED ITS LAST TURN.

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN
THEY HEAR SCRAPING.

THEY COULD FEEL
SOME VIBRATIONS IN THE SHIP.

WE'VE HIT SOMETHING.

DID YOU FEEL THAT?

YEAH.

I THINK WE HIT BOTTOM.

YEAH, I THINK
WE TOUCHED BOTTOM.

YOU NEVER WANT
TO HEAR THAT AS A PILOT.

RUNNING AGROUND IS ONE
OF THE MOST SERIOUS THINGS

A SHIP CAN DO.

CLOSE WATERTIGHT DOORS.

THE CAPTAIN
AT THAT TIME FELT

THAT THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO LIMIT
THE DAMAGE TO THE SHIP

BY CLOSING SOME
WATERTIGHT DOORS.

IT NEVER OCCURRED TO THE CAPTAIN
OR ANYONE ELSE ON THAT BRIDGE

THAT A CAPSIZING ACTIVITY
WAS GOING TO TAKE PLACE.

LET'S SEE WHAT
WE'RE DEALING WITH.

THEY KNEW IT WAS SERIOUS,

BUT THE ROCKNES IS DESIGNED
WITH WATERTIGHT BULKHEADS.

IT SHOULD BUY THEM TIME
TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM.

AND ACCORDING TO HALHJEM,
BOTH HE AND THE CAPTAIN

TOOK IMMEDIATE ACTION
TO TRY AND SAVE THE SHIP.

HOWEVER,
SHE STARTS TO DEVELOP

A MUCH MORE PRONOUNCED
LIST TO STARBOARD.

HALHJEM TRIED TO
CORRECT IT BY TURNING THE SHIP

AS HARD AS POSSIBLE
THE OTHER WAY.

HARD APORT!

IT DIDN'T WORK.

THE SHIP JUST KEPT ROLLING.

FOR THOSE ON BOARD,

IT MUST HAVE BEEN
A TERRIFYING EXPERIENCE.

THE PILOT, HE REALIZED THAT
THERE WAS NOTHING HE COULD DO

TO SAVE THE SHIP.

MAYDAY! MAYDAY! MAYDAY!

SO HE JUST WENT
DIRECTLY FOR THE DOOR.

THAT SPLIT-SECOND
DECISION SAVED HIS LIFE.

NOW POLICE WANT TO KNOW
IF HE'S RESPONSIBLE

FOR RUNNING THE SHIP AGROUND.

FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE,
UH, YOU WERE ON COURSE?

I WAS ON COURSE.

HALHJEM IS ADAMANT
HE DID NOTHING WRONG.

THERE WAS A SHOAL OUT
THERE THAT'S NOT ON ANY CHART.

IT'S AN ALARMING POSSIBILITY.

WE'LL LOOK INTO THAT.

I'M A POLICEMAN
AND I'M NOT A PILOT,

AND I'M NOT A CAPTAIN,
BUT I WAS STUNNED ABOUT THIS.

THANKS FOR COMING, GENTLEMEN.

SO THIS ENDED UP AS THE MAIN
ISSUE FOR OUR INVESTIGATION.

POLICE ARE FACED
WITH TRYING TO PROVE

ONE OF TWO EQUALLY
DISTURBING THEORIES.

EITHER THE PILOT IS LYING
ABOUT BEING ON COURSE,

OR THE CHART FOR ONE OF NORWAY'S
BUSIEST WATERWAYS IS WRONG

AND MANY MORE LIVES
ARE IN DANGER.

TWO MONTHS AFTER THE CAPSIZING
OF THE ROCKNES,

THE UPSIDE-DOWN WRECKAGE
HAS BEEN TOWED TO PORT,

AND THE HEAVY WORK
OF SALVAGE BEGINS.

WAS THE DISASTER CAUSED
BY PILOT ERROR?

OR WAS THE TOP-HEAVY SHIP
SIMPLY TOO UNSTABLE?

INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE
THE ANSWERS MAY BE RECORDED

ON THE SHIP'S COMPUTERS.

SOME HAVE BEEN
RECOVERED BY DIVERS;

OTHERS ARE STILL
INSIDE THE HULL.

THE INVESTIGATIVE TEAM HOPES

THAT EVEN THOUGH THEY'VE
BEEN THROWN AROUND,

THEY'VE BEEN SUBMERGED
IN SALTWATER,

THAT THE INFORMATION
ON THE HARD DRIVES,

THE CRITICAL INFORMATION ABOUT
THE MOMENTS UP TO THE CAPSIZING,

THAT ALL THIS INFORMATION
IS SECURED

AND THAT THEY CAN USE IT.

COMPUTER ENGINEER
OYVIND NYLAND WAS IN CHARGE

OF THE DATA RECOVERY.

THIS IS
DEFINITELY A RACE AGAINST TIME.

SALT WILL START TO KIND OF
CORRODE THE DRIVE REALLY HARD,

AND THEN IT GETS REALLY
DIFFICULT TO GET THE DATA OUT.

BEFORE THEY
CAN BOARD THE SHIP,

THE ROCKNES NEEDS
TO BE TURNED UPRIGHT

IN A PROCESS KNOWN
AS PARBUCKLING.

IT'S REALLY
A MASSIVE OPERATION

TO TURN THIS BIG BOAT AROUND,

AND IT'S REALLY
DANGEROUS AS WELL.

PARBUCKLING HAS RARELY
BEEN DONE ON A SHIP THIS SIZE.

IT WILL TAKE A FLEET
OF HEAVY TUG BOATS

AND A 900-TON FLOATING CRANE.

AND IF A CABLE SNAPS
OR A WINCH JAMS,

IT COULD BE A DISASTER.

THEY DON'T WANT
THE VESSEL TO KEEP GOING

AND ROLL BACK OVER AGAIN.

THEY DON'T WANT
TO HURT OR KILL ANYBODY.

THIS IS A VERY RISKY OPERATION.

IT TAKES TWO DAYS
TO ROLL THE BIG SHIP OVER.

THEN THE NEXT PHASE

RECOVERING THE SHIP'S COMPUTERS.

EACH ONE HAS A DIFFERENT
STORY TO TELL.

YOU HAVE
THE NAVIGATION COMPUTERS

AND YOU HAVE YOUR
LOADING COMPUTERS.

THEY ARE VERY INTERESTING FROM
OUR POINT OF VIEW AS EVIDENCE.

THE NAVIGATION DATA
SHOULD REVEAL

EXACTLY WHERE THE SHIP
WENT OFF COURSE

AND WHETHER THE PILOT
IS TO BLAME.

AND THE LOADING DATA WILL
HAVE CRUCIAL INFORMATION

ABOUT THE STABILITY OF THE SHIP.

IT TAKES REPEATED TRIPS
TO THE RUINED BRIDGE

TO FIND ALL THE COMPUTERS.

TURID STEMRE IS ONE OF THE
INVESTIGATORS WHO WENT ON BOARD.

I FELT A BIT
LIKE I WAS TRESPASSING.

I KNEW WHAT HAD
HAPPENED IN THERE,

AND I SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THERE.

BURIED BENEATH THE RUBBLE,

THE TEAM FINDS WHAT
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR.

WE FINALLY FOUND
THE RIGHT COMPUTERS.

DO YOU NEED
SOME MORE LIGHT?

IT WAS ALMOST
UNBELIEVABLE HOW MUCH WAS LEFT.

THEY KNOW THIS IS
THEIR BEST CHANCE TO FIND OUT

WHAT HAPPENED IN THE MOMENTS
LEADING UP TO THE DISASTER,

AND WHO, IF ANYONE,
IS RESPONSIBLE.

THE COMPUTERS ARE
IN ROUGH SHAPE.

THEY'RE RUSHED TO NYLAND'S LAB,

WHERE THE DELICATE JOB OF
DATA RECOVERY CAN FINALLY BEGIN.

YOU ARE TRYING
WHATEVER YOU CAN

WITH ALL YOUR TOOLS
AND ALL YOUR KNOWLEDGE

IN ORDER TO BRING
THIS DRIVE BACK TO LIFE.

IF WE MAKE SOMETHING WRONG,
THE HARD DRIVE MAY DIE.

NYLAND'S TEAM
CAREFULLY CLEANS AND DRIES OUT

THE ELECTRONICS.

THEN THEY START
THE PAINSTAKING PROCESS

OF DETERMINING HOW MUCH DATA
HAS SURVIVED.

IF YOU IMAGINE PUTTING
A PUZZLE TOGETHER,

THE NUMBER OF PIECES
ON THE HARD DRIVE,

IT'S MILLIONS,
MILLIONS AND MILLIONS.

RECONSTRUCTING
THE DATA TAKES WEEKS.

THEY WON'T KNOW IF
THEY'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL

UNTIL THE FINAL DOWNLOADS
ARE COMPLETE.

AND IT WORKS.

THAT WAS QUITE
A MOMENT FOR THE TEAM.

GREAT WORK.

WE THEN KNEW THAT
WE COULD PROVIDE THE DATA

TO FIGURE THIS OUT.

WITH THE NEWLY
RECOVERED DATA IN HAND,

THE TEAM WASTES NO TIME
PIECING TOGETHER THE EVIDENCE.

PILOTS RELY ON
SPECIAL MAPS OR CHARTS

THAT INCLUDE INFORMATION
ABOUT THE DEPTH OF THE WATER.

IT ALLOWS THEM TO STAY IN
THE SAFE ZONE DOWN THE CENTER,

AND AVOID ANY ROCKY SHALLOWS
LURKING BELOW THE SURFACE.

INVESTIGATORS STUDY EVERY DETAIL
OF THE SHIP'S PROGRESS

BEFORE IT RAN AGROUND.

DID THE PILOT STEER ROCKNES
DANGEROUSLY OFF COURSE?

OR WILL THE DATA
CONFIRM HIS STORY

THAT WHATEVER HE HIT,
IT WASN'T MARKED ON HIS CHART.

LOOK AT ALL
THESE COURSE CHANGES.

THEY IMMEDIATELY
NOTICE SOMETHING UNUSUAL.

FOR SOME REASON, THE PILOT MADE
MANY TINY COURSE CORRECTIONS,

INSTEAD OF A FEW LARGER TURNS.

COMING UP
ON THE SHALLOWS.

LET'S GO FIVE DEGREES
PORT RUDDER, PLEASE.

ON HIS FINAL TURN
INTO VATLESTRAUMEN PASSAGE,

HIS STRATEGY SEEMS TO BACKFIRE.

THERE.

LOOKS LIKE HE STARTED
HIS TURN TOO LATE.

SO, IF HE STARTED
TOO LATE,

THE SHIP COMES TOO MUCH
TO THE SOUTH.

THAT MEANS HE CAME
INTO THE RED SECTOR.

THIS IS, THIS IS FOR SURE.

THE LATE TURN
TOOK THE ROCKNES

AT LEAST 75 FEET
OUTSIDE THE SAFE ZONE.

WHAT IT DOESN'T EXPLAIN IS WHY.

WAS THE PILOT BEING RECKLESS,
OR WAS SOMETHING ELSE GOING ON

IN THE FINAL MOMENTS
BEFORE THE DISASTER?

THE NAVIGATION DATA
HAS BEEN RECOVERED

FROM THE ROCKNES.

IT REVEALS THE SHIP VEERED
INTO DANGEROUSLY SHALLOW WATER

JUST MOMENTS BEFORE
THE DISASTER.

INVESTIGATORS WANT TO KNOW WHY.

YOU READY?

TURID STEMRE SUSPECTS
BADLY LOADED CARGO

MIGHT HAVE PLAYED A ROLE.

IF IT MADE THE SHIP UNSTABLE,

IT COULD EXPLAIN WHY THE PILOT
WAS STRUGGLING WITH THE TURNS.

IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO
ASSESS THE STABILITY OF ROCKNES

AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT,

WE NEEDED TO KNOW EXACTLY
HOW SHE WAS LOADED.

IF THE SHIP WAS UNSTABLE,

THEN THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN
A WARNING SIGN FOR THE CREW.

WE KNEW THAT THEY HAD PROCEDURES
WHEREBY THEY SHOULD CALCULATE

THE STABILITY BEFORE
THEY LEFT PORT.

STOP RIGHT THERE.

THE DATA SHOWS
THE CREW DID RECEIVE

A STABILITY WARNING AFTER
LOADING THE CARGO IN PORT.

THE ROCKNES STABILITY
CALCULATOR SHOWED US

THE DAMAGE STABILITY.

IT SAID CRITICAL.

THE LIST WAS SERIOUS,
ABOUT 14 DEGREES.

THAT MEANS THAT THE SHIP
IS, IS NOT, IS NOT CORRECT

WITH THE STABILITY.

THEN YOU SHOULDN'T SAIL
WITH THE SHIP LIKE THIS.

INVESTIGATORS SUSPECT
THE PROBLEM WAS TRIGGERED

BY A QUIRK OF THE CONVEYOR BELTS
USED TO LOAD THE SHIP,

WHICH TENDED TO DUMP CARGO
IN A LOPSIDED FASHION.

THE PROBLEM
WITH THE LOAD PORT

WAS THAT THE CONVEYOR BELT ARM
AND THE SYSTEM FOR DELIVERY

WASN'T LONG ENOUGH.

SO MOST OF THE CARGO
ENDED UP TO ONE SIDE.

THE UNEVEN CARGO
WEIGHED DOWN

ONE SIDE OF THE SHIP,

TRIGGERING AN INSTABILITY
WARNING FOR THE CREW.

IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN A PROBLEM
IF THEY FIXED IT.

GOOD TO GO?

THE FIRST OFFICER
ABOARD THE SHIP

SHOULD HAVE SENT HIS MEN OUT
WITH RAKES AND SHOVELS

AND MOVED THIS SLOPING GRAVEL

SO THAT IT WAS EQUALLY SPACED
ACROSS THE ENTIRE HOLD.

THAT NEVER HAPPENED.

IT'S A SHOCKING DISCOVERY.

INSTEAD OF LEVELING
THE CARGO BY HAND,

INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE THE CREW
CORRECTED THE LIST

BY ADDING TONS OF WATER
TO THE STARBOARD BALLAST TANKS

UNTIL THE SHIP LEVELED OUT.

IT WAS AT BEST A SLOPPY FIX.

THE DANGER WITH THIS

IS THAT WHEN THE VESSEL STARTED
TO MANEUVER TO THE SEAWAY,

THEN THE CARGO IS LIABLE
TO SHIFT OR MOVE

TO ONE SIDE TOWARDS THE OTHER.

AT SOME POINT BEFORE

THE ROCKNES ENTERS
VATLESTRAUMEN CHANNEL,

THE UNSTABLE CARGO DOES SHIFT,

AND THE SHIP BEGINS
LISTING TO STARBOARD.

IT'S LISTING.

IT MAKES
THE NATURALLY TOP-HEAVY SHIP

EVEN HARDER TO CONTROL.

IF YOU ARE SAILING
ON A SHIP THAT IS LISTING

AND YOU ARE MAKING TURNS,
SHE WILL START TO TURN FASTER.

YOU COULD ACTUALLY LOSE CONTROL
OVER THE, THE SHIP.

TURNING TOO SHARPLY
COULD CAUSE MORE CARGO TO SHIFT

AND MAKE THE LIST EVEN WORSE.

THE PILOT DECIDES IT'S SAFER
TO MAKE A WIDER TURN.

FIVE DEGREES MORE
PORT RUDDER.

HE STEERS THE ROCKNES
A MERE 75 FEET

PAST THE BOUNDARY
OF THE SHIPPING LANE,

LIKELY BELIEVING
THE WATERS ARE SAFE.

WE'LL NEED ALL OTHER
TRAFFIC TO STAY WELL BACK.

POLICE DIVERS
HAVE SCOURED

THE BOTTOM OF THE CHANNEL

SEARCHING FOR
THE SCENE OF THE CRIME,

THE EXACT SPOT
THE ROCKNES RAN AGROUND.

IF YOU HAVE A MURDER,

YOU COULD LOCK DOWN
THE, THE APARTMENT

AND SECURE IT THAT WAY.

HERE WE HAVE THE CRIME SCENE
TWO SOCCER FIELDS LONG.

YOU CAN'T PUT A POLICE CORDON
AROUND IT.

AND SO THAT IS A VERY
CHALLENGING ASPECT

FROM THE POLICE SIDE OF VIEW.

IN LESS THAN A WEEK

THEY FIND WHAT
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR.

BINGO.

THE DIVERS FOUND A ROCK
ABOUT 20 KILOS,

AND YOU HAD THE RED PAINT ON IT.

IT'S SIMILAR TO THE RED PAINT
ON THE BOTTOM OF THE ROCKNES.

THE ROCK WAS FOUND
JUST A SHORT DISTANCE

FROM WHERE THE ROCKNES
WENT OFF COURSE.

IT COULD BE THE FINAL
PIECE OF THE PUZZLE

TO EXPLAIN WHY 18 MEN DIED.

LET'S GET THIS
TO THE LAB.

LAB TESTS
QUICKLY CONFIRM

THE PAINT ON THE ROCK MATCHES
THE HULL OF THE SHIP.

SO IT WAS EVIDENT,

HERE IS THE POINT WHERE
THE SHIP HAS STRUCK GROUND.

THE IMPACT POINT IS
75 FEET OUTSIDE THE SAFE ZONE.

BUT ACCORDING TO THE PILOT,

HIS CHARTS DIDN'T WARN HIM
TO AVOID THE ROCKY SHALLOWS.

THERE WAS A SHOAL OUT
THERE THAT'S NOT ON ANY CHART.

INVESTIGATORS
REVIEW THE CHARTS

AND MAKE A TROUBLING DISCOVERY.

THE SHOAL WAS ADDED WHEN THE MAP
WAS UPDATED NINE YEARS BEFORE.

BUT THE CHANGE WAS SMALL
AND HARD TO SEE,

AND LOCAL PILOTS
WERE NEVER NOTIFIED.

THE NORWEGIAN
HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE

DID NOT PRODUCE
A NOTICE TO MARINERS

THAT A NEW SHOAL HAS BEEN FOUND

AND THAT YOU ARE TO MAKE
A HAND CORRECTION TO YOUR CHART

TO SHOW THIS DANGER.

IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN
BROADCAST OR MADE AWARE

TO ALL THE PILOTS

WHO WERE INVOLVED IN OPERATION
OF THAT AREA.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT
WAS AN OVERSIGHT.

18 MEN LOST THEIR LIVES
AS A RESULT.

AFTER MONTHS
OF INVESTIGATION

BY POLICE AND MARINE INVESTIGATORS,

IT'S CLEAR THE WRECK
OF THE ROCKNES

WAS THE RESULT OF
A CHAIN OF ERRORS.

I WOULD SAY MORE OR LESS,

EVERYTHING THAT COULD GO WRONG
DID GO WRONG.

IT BEGINS WHEN THE
CARGO ISN'T LEVELED PROPERLY.

GOOD TO GO?

IT SHIFTS
WHILE THEY ARE AT SEA.

YOU FEEL THAT?

COULD BE THE CARGO.

THE SHIP BEGINS LISTING

AND THE PILOT CAN'T TURN
AS SHARPLY AS HE NEEDS TO.

GIVE ME FIVE DEGREES
PORT RUDDER.

NOT REALIZING THE
DANGER, HE STARTS HIS TURN LATE,

AND STRAYS INTO
THE NEARBY SHALLOWS.

SECONDS LATER, THE STARBOARD
HULL IS TORN OPEN BY THE ROCKS.

THERE WAS A WATER INRUSH

OF ABOUT 2,000 TONS
WITHIN MINUTES.

HARD APORT!

ONCE THE WATER
RUSHES IN,

THERE'S NO WAY TO STOP
THE CAPSIZE OF THE MASSIVE SHIP.

THE MOMENT THE ROCKNES
HIT THE ROCKS,

SHE WAS DOOMED.

THE UNUSUAL SPEED
OF THE DISASTER

ALSO MAKES IT
DIFFICULT TO ESCAPE.

18 CREWMEMBERS ARE KILLED.

MOST SHIPPING ACCIDENTS
THAT OCCUR

ARE THE RESULT
OF MANY SMALL THINGS.

IN A CHAIN REACTION
THEY COME TOGETHER.

IN THEIR FINAL REPORTS,

MARITIME AUTHORITIES RECOMMEND
STRONGER REGULATIONS

TO ENSURE SHIPS ARE
CORRECTLY LOADED AT PORT.

VERMUND HALHJEM
IS NEVER CHARGED

AND CONTINUES WORKING
AS A PILOT.

BUT, UH, OF COURSE,

HE HAVE TO CARRY IT WITH HIM

FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE.

IN THE WAKE
OF THE ACCIDENT,

VATLESTRAUMEN PASSAGE IS DREDGED

TO MAKE IT SAFER
FOR LARGER VESSELS.

BUT IT IS THE STORY OF SURVIVAL
THAT MANY REMEMBER BEST.

THE WILL TO SURVIVE
BY THESE THREE FILIPINOS

HANGING ON IN THE DARK,

BANGING AND BANGING AND BANGING
TILL THEY GET A RESPONSE,

AND THE EFFORTS
OF THE RESCUE TEAM...

TAKE MY HAND.

...TO KEEP AT IT
TILL THEY GOT THESE GUYS OUT,

IT'S A REMARKABLE STORY
OF SURVIVAL,

BUT ALSO A REMARKABLE
STORY OF DEDICATION

ON THE PART OF THE RESCUE TEAM.

WHEN I THINK
ABOUT ROCKNES,

MY TEARS FALL FOR THE 18 MEN

WHO ARE MY COLLEAGUES,

WHO, WHO LOST THEIR LIVES.

I MISS THEM AND
I PRAY FOR THEIR SOULS.