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The sinking of MS Estonia: Case Reopened Part VII

Vixen said:
By Dec 2021, it was corrected:

British ship rams Danish vessel - Two Detained​

This seems on the face of it remarkably similar to the Marchioness/Bow Belle* river boat tragedy. Bow Belle 'didn't see' the Marchioness due to aggregate weight and having rammed her from behind, it then turned abeam and sailed right over her midships, causing her to capsize and sink within 3
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None of which has anything to do with the Estonia
 
Andy_Ross said:
Where did they rule out ventilation flooding?
Do you know how big the ventilation openings sre in to a ship's machinery spaces?
Do you know how big air conditioning vents are?
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We know JAIC rued out ventilation duct flooding as being a cause because it saw no need to investigate this aspect.
 
Vixen said:
In addition, Cospas-Sarsat ordered its base in Norway to carry out a fine-tooth comb audit of why no signal had automatically come through via the mandatory EPIRB's (as the SOLAS-certified WERE fitted and inspected as certified by the in situ technicians), as it was absolutely baffled.

Why are people so fact-blind?
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When recovered the EPIRBs were found to be in working condition but switched off
When turned on they were found to be in working condition
 
Vixen said:
I see you still do not understand how hydrostatic auto-EPIRB's work.
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They were not automatic activation by immersion.
They were manually activated.
We have previously posted full descriptions of the tests carried out on the recovered units.
We have posted manuals for the same model of unit that shows them to be manually switch activated.

Stop posting the same lies as if we have forgotten them.
 
Andy_Ross said:
They were not automatic activation by immersion.
They were manually activated.
We have previously posted full descriptions of the tests carried out on the recovered units.
We have posted manuals for the same model of unit that shows them to be manually switch activated.

Stop posting the same lies as if we have forgotten them.
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Oh deary me, apparently not, after all. :xmas0633
 
Andy_Ross said:
Which shows they were not immersion activated
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From Helsingin Sanomat 9 Oct 1994, a highly reputable, accurate, reliable and trustworthy newspaper:

Mikko Monto is more concerned about where the ship's epirb buoys disappeared.

"The buoys had been serviced a couple of months ago. There were two of them, and they should have been placed in the ship's superstructures so that at least one of them would float, regardless of which side the ship capsized on," Montonen wonders.

However, buoys sending distress messages had no practical significance because the distress message had already been received.

"We thought we had already found the other buoy in that video film, clinging to it, but it has become uncertain again. Now we cannot say whether it is a buoy or a light buoy of a lifebuoy, the image should be interpreted even more," says Kari Lehtola.

"On its string, the buoy should pop to the surface, we already thought that there it was the unfortunate one." The Epirb buoy activates in the water and sends a name and position message to satellites that transmit the message to the ground station, in the case of the Baltic Sea, to Bodo in Norway. From there, the message is transferred to the nearest maritime rescue centre. Although the route sounds complicated, the message travels in a matter of seconds.
HS 9.10.1994
 
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