Estonia ferry disaster - search operation continues

Title

Estonia ferry disaster - search operation continues

Genre

Interview; Speech

TX Date

29 Sep 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:01:22

Description

4 related cuts. 822 people from the sunk ferry, Estonia are missing, presumed dead; only 144 are known to have survived. 1: Estonian President, Lennart Meri thanks Sweden and Finland for their part in the resuce operation. 2: Survivor Tom Johnson tells how others were washed away. 3: Kai Laakso(?) of the Finnish coastguard says they do not expect to find any more survivors. 4: Unidentified male on a ship (safety?) inspection that took place in Tallinn, Estonia.

Contributors

Lennart Meri; Tom Johnson; Kai Laakso(?)

Keywords

Deaths; Emergency services; Sweden; Finland; Ferries; Seaborne disasters; Ships; Search and rescue operations; Estonia (ship); Estonia (country)

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