He also sounds distressed, which nornally doesn't happen to radio operators

They found his body in the bridge a month later

​@@magnussohlman2535None of the three bodies were identified on the bridge during the dives. According to surviving eyewitnesses, Ainsalu made it out of the captain's bridge before the ship sank.

yeah all the bombs and the sabotage that led to the desaster. we heard the stories.

Yes it can actually and its quite simple. As the ship turned it to its side due to sudden loss of balance when car deck was flooded through the open car ramp that the broken visor teared down with it, the high waves did the rest. They broke windows on Estonia's right side and thus water quickly flooded the upper decks and ofc it only got worse as the ship listed completely on its side and then upside down. It wasnt just the car deck that got flooded, thats where people get confused as why Estonia sank so quickly and all it required was flooding through the windows and doors from the right side. Again you need to rememer at what force the waves were hitting the ship that night, thats what broke the visor in the first place

@@Balnazzardi ok buddyboy... the ramp was never open....

@@AnnWahlquist based on what information? 😂 you can continue to believe in conspiracy theories all you want but the matter of fact is the visor broke off and the car ramp was just behind it and we also have eye witnesses from crew sayinf they saw massive amounts of water flowing to car deck from the front. But keep denying that all you want if that makes you feel better

@@Balnazzardi EXACTLY, there's eyewitnesses saying it was shut and there was water pouring in from the sides ...

Yeah I know , although you have to imagine how scared he was and he unfortunately did not make it.

What do you mean?

search the full radio recording on yt

Very old animation, probably 100% analog audio with many copies, makes it poor. Also the device may have been broken, too fast rolling on the cassette

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGbXk5SeZp6kpZo Here you go.

Thats not the full conversation! Thats even more cutted!

@@Nomannium wtf? Thats 30 minutes long you idiot

Well to be more accurate about the reasons of the disaster, the locks of the front visor failed due to rough weather/high speed/big waves. Originally this ship was NOT designed to be operated on open seas/such conditions, but it was also for sure dangerous design flaw that the locks of the front visor were only designed to withstand certain amount before giving in....even more so than that kind of visor that goes up (when there is another alternative that many other ships used which are doors that slide to the sides and in rough water the waves actually push such doors more together which is why its much safer design), another dangerous design flaw was that as the visor fell down, it then tore the car ramp down with it also and there were NO water proof doors whatsoever behind it, thus water could get in for the WHOLE LENGTH of the car deck/ship. And that ultimately doomed Estonia. Furthermore from the command deck there was no clear view to the very front of the ship, so captain and other ppl there could not see the locks breaking and the visor falling off...all they could hear were the loud bangs as the locks failed and the visor banged against the bow as it hanged on for a while before falling off. But ye, as with most major accidents/disasters there were several factors that lead into this disaster.

Now you just said something I did not pick up before. "This ship was not designed to be operated on open seas." I think that explains a lot. The locks on the front visor were not designed to handle this situation, where there would be high stress on the bow. They might have been fine indefinitely had the ship not been put in this situation. And it was not poor design that did it in if it was never designed for this situation. It was poor use contrary to design that actually did it in. Very interesting.

@@Nash1a well both...I mean there were roughly same age ships that had completely different, much safer design where on the bow there were doors that opened sideways instead of this kind of visor that is lifted up...with that kind of design Estonia would have not sunk. Also the way the visor could tear down with it the car ramp + not having waterproof doors behind it + no proper sensors warning about water leaks + no direct visual to the front of the ship from command deck (because it was situated bit more behing than with most similar ships)....so many flaws that allowed this accident to happen

Yes, but again, this ship did not meet the regulations for use on the open seas. I just re-watched the documentary. It was given its certificate in spite of the fact that it did not meet the specs to be used in open seas. You really can't blame the design if the ship was used contrary to its design. I'm not suggesting the design doesn't need to be improved. Not by any means. I mean, to sail any ship where the bow can fall off and the captain not know? Yikes!!! Yes that is bad design. I'm just saying the design is really not specifically to blame here. It was negligence in the decisions made by many individuals that caused this. Even decisions like painting over the door to a life jacked cabinet such that it could not be opened when a passenger needed one represents negligent decisions on the part of the operators. Anyway, thanks for your input.

@@Nash1a ye true, im not saying that those who made the decisions and gave the certificate/permission to use the ship in open seas are to be blamed also...but I guess there ppl would never have thought that the visor could fail like that and ofc in normal conditions it would not have...but either way you are right that the designers/builders of the ship were not the only ones to blame.

Thats the issue with these types of ferries. 10 cm water inside the car deck is enough to completely sink her.

Its not really rocket science.....once the front visor dropped and tore down the car ramp with it, tons of water would get into the WHOLE LENGTH of the car deck (no water proof doors to seperate it to smaller sections). That combined with captain's decision (who didnt know/had visual about the front of the ship) to turn the ship against the waves very quickly made the ship turn 20-30 degrees to its side and with more water constantly getting in, it would just turn further to its right side. There was quite bad strorm that night so eventually the waves broke the windows of the right side of the ship and thus water would freely get onto the upper decks as well and THATS why Estonia sunk so quickly and why it didnt for example remain floating upside down for a while. But even it had, it would have done little good to those trapped inside the ship obviously.

...Lusitania

@@NiklasAdv No way. That does not sink a ship like that, you have to have a hole in the bottom under the car deck.

The bow visor has broken off.

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Just Latvian No

@@susannemykkanen6074 seems fishy to me.

There's also new drains on the cargo deck, so that water wedges don't form on the cargo deck and capsize the ferry.

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Just Latvian It was in good shape as today's boats

It was only 15 year old ship. So not old at all.

Its wasnt rusted. It was very good and beautiful .

@@helpmewtfisthat1561 No, even the doors were overpainted