Mikja898989 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Fuck off, you can trust the swedish goverment

dorkempi (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

this is quite disturbing

voima1 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

hei, jag var ochsa paa boaten..det var m/s DIANA II, viking line paa routen trelleborg-rostock och tillbaka.sooo terrible to image that.was working in the cabins also on the decks under the water line.hälsningar fran tyskland-norr

richu1991 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

The Swedish goverment are hiding something,the first divers who went down to the wreck have been brought to silence by swedish government,many survivors of the disaster have died under strange circumstances. I cant proove that there was secret military stuff on board but there has to be something in all this because why all this secrecy!!! All people behind this disaster should be caucht and pressed for every tiny bit of information and then by Estonian law be sentenced to lifelong prison!!!!!!

elyohcsrev (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I too feel the circumstances of this sinking, and in particular the events following, as well as the extraordinary investigation story, were very suspicious indeed.

aaronpeltonen (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Ok, apparently you have some experience. Sorry. I, however, learned recently that the radio traffic from M/S Estonia was most likely disturbed, probably on purpose. For as much as 3 minutes M/S Estonia was unable to send radio signals. That would maybe explain some of the confusion in the communication. Maybe you are right about the basic bridge equipment, I couln't tell, but for some reason the Mayday caller says he has a blackout in the system.

tillsatt50 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Blackout is f.e. when a vessel looses its electricity, power - and the emergency generators switch on

tillsatt50 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

alot of alarms going off, indicating that several things are very wrong...:/

andnord1983 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

What means "Black-out"?

elyohcsrev (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

The fact remains that the rescue efforts were seriously hindered by the lack of position and the uncertainty of communications protocol. The basic bridge equipment (GMDSS, etc. )was, by law, battery powered and was evidently working.As for circumstances, with 30 odd years as a master, I've been in some pretty worrying situations. However, one is amazed how many deck officers are still unsure of emergency procedures.One felt sorry for them in those conditions.. but lessons to learn still