Mayday Mayday. are u calling mayday? Were having a problem currently. a 20-30 degree list to starboard, could you come and help and bring Viking line also to help?

Ofc there are 😂Did you really think all Ro-Ro vessels would be scrapped? Its as ridicilous as to say that after Chernobyl all nuclear power plants in the world should have been shut down. just like with Chernobyl, its important to understand what went wrong with Estonia and how it is different from any other Ro-Ro vessels or more precisely the visor/car ramp design and also how the safety was improved after Estonia. 1) there were no water tight doors that could seal off the car deck completely from the car ramp/visor if it break off in Estonia. in all Ro-Ro vessels there after they were added if they werent there already. 2) many Ro-Ro ships even back then had doors behind visor that moved side-ways, not upwards/downwards. In those kind of vessels even if the visor broke off, the waves would just push the doors behind the visor tighter together 3) Estonia's visor locks were not designed to withstand extreme conditions/waves that could happen at Baltic sea from Tallin to Stockholm route. Estonia (originally named Viking Sally, and two other names, operated at much more calm waters between Finland's Turku and Stockholm where waves never could get as rough or high. 4) Estonia's visor/locks/car ramp's water tightness was not properly taken care of after the ship was sold to Estline 5)Other Ro-Ro ships that night when Estonia sunk slowed down a bit because the sea was rough, but the captain of Estonia did not do so 6)Unlike with all other Ro-Ro ships at that time, the captain nor anyone else could see from the bridge to the front of the ship directly in Estonia, because for some reason the bridge was moved bit more back from the front for some reason All of these things lead to Estonia's demise. So its important to understand the circumstances and not just doom all ro-ro ferries. Heck same way Chernobyl only happened because of every possible thing that could have gone/done wrong , went so. If Chernoby reactor 4 was never operated in the way it wasnt supposed to be operated, combined with design flaws and neglecting safety, the accident might have never happened and the exact same arguments apply for Estonia when it comes to ro-ro ferries

@@Balnazzardi Yeah. I was just thinking aloud. Late-night thoughts. You know how that goes.

@@Balnazzardi Having said that, no-one wamts to live next to a nuclear reactor. I've travelled on ferries a lot, over the years, in various accomodations, from the chair in the lounge, right up to exclusive cabins. In future, i would go with the former. And it's the cheapest option. ☺

Yes MS estonia it's an Beatiful ship and now is Gone Rest in peace...

All of the crew died.