Vixen
Penultimate Amazing
That's another thing: Didn't you "quote" a lot of newspaper reports in this thread which turned out to be secondary quotations from someone reporting what they wanted to claim newspapers had reported?
Can you substantiate the claim these three newspapers reported Piht had gone missing from a Helsinki hospital? i.e. That they confirmed he was at the hospital at some point and now could not be located? I shall be surprised if you can do that.
Here's a US paper
By Richard W. Stevenson
- Oct. 1, 1994
Among the survivors was one of the ferry's two captains, Aavo Piht, an Estonian. The authorities said that after some confusion regarding his whereabouts, he had been found in Finland and that he had spoken to investigators. They said they had no information about what Mr. Piht had told the investigators.
Mr. Piht was not in command during the voyage but is believed to have been on the bridge. The other captain, Arvo Andresson, who is also Estonian, is believed to have gone down with the ship.
Bengt-Erik Stenmark, the Swedish maritime administration's safety director, told a news conference that survivors' accounts suggested the "bow door had a break" that was "exposed to the excessive forces of the sea."
NY TIMES
This info was from 'Helsinki Police'. NB HS is equivalent to say, the old style TIMES, extremely reliable and accurate source for news.
Many versions of Captain Pihti's fate Nykänen Harri 1.10.1994 2:00 Several versions of the fate of Estonia's second chief, Sea Captain Avo Pihti, are circulating. Last Friday, swedish and Danish newspapers reported that Piht had disappeared from a hospital in Helsinki. The newspapers referred to information provided by the Helsinki Police. HS
Stenmark resigned' the same day as the newspaper reports, 1.10.29.9
Interviews with the ship's crew will be interviewed today, Thursday. In particular, it is thought that enlightenment will be obtained from Avo Pihti , the second master of the ship , who was going to Sweden as a passenger. Arvo Anderson, who commanded the ship, drowned with his ship. HS
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