Ferry safety tested

Title

Ferry safety tested

Genre

Press conference

TX Date

7 Nov 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:01:23

Description

Transport Secretary, Brian Mawhinney speaks to press following a demonstration of a test on the safety of the doors on a roll-on-roll-off ferry about the results of a Marine Safety Agency investigation into ferry safety. He claims all ferries are safe. Follows several recent disasters including the Estonia ferry sinking.

Contributors

Brian Mawhinney

Keywords

Shipwrecks; Reports; Ferries; Marine safety; Seaborne disasters; Ships; Estonia (ship); Marine Safety Agency

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