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Footage casts new light on ferry tragedy

Jan 31, 2007
By Joel Alas

TRAGIC STORY: A total of 825 people died when the Estonia ferry sank to the bottom of the Baltic Sea in 1994.
TALLINN - families of the victims of the Estonia ferry disaster came a step closer to discovering the truth behind the sinking after the Swedish government announced it would lift an embargo on film footage taken at the site of the wreck. Meanwhile, preliminary research by Swedish scientists has been released, casting new light on why the ferry sank so quickly on the night of Sept. 28, 1994, drowning 825 passengers.While the information does not reveal any new clues as to the cause of the accid ...

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