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Fifteen years! The ferry Estonia was facing rough weather on its way from Tallinn to Stockholm when it sank on the night of 27 to 28 September 1994 after launching a last distress call. Review: 852 dead. Our reporters Catherine and Patrick DFO Gold investigated the largest maritime disaster since the end of the Second World War and they bring an exceptional document.

The few survivors of the Estonia should continue to live with these images of horror, but mostly they want to know the truth about the real causes of the sinking. This tragedy has shocked Sweden and strange rumors since the inception of a formal investigation raises more questions than it solves. The authorities have refused to fetch the body of the ferry salvage (placed at 80 meters depth) has been ordered and it was even considered to recover the wreckage of a concrete formwork and the Swedish Government banned all diving on the Estonia, which is yet in international waters.

If the official campaigning for a break in the bow of the boat, specialists are never any ferry sank in a short period Ausi: 35 minutes. Despite the pressures and threats of legal action, a German journalist has mounted an expedition to dive on the Estonia. It brought back disturbing images of a huge hole in the hull below the waterline.

Then, the Estonia has been the victim of an explosion on board? We know that the ferry had carried military equipment, ammunition and electronic equipment-several times. Fifteen years later, it is still difficult to relate to a satisfactory explanation. Our investigation raises the veil on the last moments of a boat that ended his career in the icy waters of the Baltic Sea.
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