21.4 summaries of all statements

21.4
Summaries of All Available Statements of Passengers and Crew

21.4.1
Summaries of Passengers Statements

Name	Location at heel	Pre-casualty observations	Noise scenario times/observations	Heel			Observations during way up	Subsequent observations
Name	Location at heel	Pre-casualty observations	Noise scenario times/observations	time/0°	righting up ?	occurrence	Observations during way up	Subsequent observations
Ewa Askerup (Stockholm) Police-ST Section	cabin 6129 in bed	water smashed against windows could not sleep due to hard movements of vessel	just after 01.00 hrs. heel to starboard then to port and again heavily to starboard	just after 01.00 hrs.	no comment	everything moved against the door
Nikolajs Andrejev from Latvia	cabin 1016	in bed very hard movements of vessel		no	no comment	1) thrown out of bed (lower); 2) unbelievably hard bang which threw him against wall, cannot say from where bang came, had feeling that vessel had collided with something; 3) shortly after bang heel to starboard.	saw and felt cold water on car deck level vessel heeled severely to star-board	45° angle when reaching deck 7
Antti Arak (Tallinn)	cabin 1056	last car to roll on board, they were a party of 5, one stayed in the car	no comment	no	no comment	was awakened by screams, out of cabin and saw water on floor
Pär Andersson (Granges/Sweden)	cabin 4319	nothing special until mid-night, took outside/inside walk around after midnight, also looked down on fore-castle, saw wet carpet and water on stairs between decks 5/6	1) between 24.00-01.00 hrs. heavy metallic banging noises; 2) at 01.05-01.10 hrs. engine stopped (estimate).	no	no comment	reported heavy heel only when they were already on deck 7 with many people		bow raised, stern sank
Janno Aser (Tallinn)	Night Club deck 4 (port, aft)	vessel was shaking/ vibrating	no comment	no	no comment	felt sudden heel to starboard, saw furniture moving rapidly	no comment	45° when on deck 7
Karin Bergqvist (Sogärs/Sweden)	cabin on deck 4 and Karaoke Bar (deck 5)
Jonnie Bergqvist (Johaneskov/ Sweden) Policeman ST Section	cabin 6119 Pub on deck 5 (Pub Admiral) mid-ships, star-board side	vessel was pitching very hard	shaking/vibrating, bar personnel took bottles from the shelves	just after 01.00 hrs.		vessel heeled to port, then a hard push and bang, then severe heel to star-board, all loose objects were flying to the deep side
Name	Location at heel	Pre-casualty observations	Noise scenario times/observations	Heel			Observations during way up	Subsequent observations
Name	Location at heel	Pre-casualty observations	Noise scenario times/observations	time/0°	righting up ?	occurrence	Observations during way up	Subsequent observations
Leif Bogren (Fåssberg/Sweden) Mazda bus with trailer	cabin 5128 (4th cabin from forward port, inside)	normal cracking, banging noises of vessel in heavy weather, at 24.00 hrs. was on foredeck (7), saw fantastic cascades of water, speed was too high under the circumstances, 23.30 hrs. (?) to bed	1) suddenly low banging noise, metallic; 2) 30-60 seconds later bang; 3) after 40-60 seconds loud bang (metallic), appeared to him as if a hull plate was smashed in; 4) 1-2 minutes later engines stopped; 5) 1-2 minutes later sudden heel to starboard (was already on way up).	ca. 00.40 /45 hrs. ca. 00.55 hrs.	had been working at shipyard before and is thus sure that the heavy metallic noise he heard two or three times within ca. 2 minutes was as if something was beating with a huge hammer against vessel's hull	5 minutes up to deck 7, 45° starboard
Stephan Duijndam (Ablasserdam/ Holland)	cabin 4221	high sea state 23.00 hrs. to bed	01.00 hrs. woke up from noise as if vessel had collided with something, heard several crashing/ cracking noises there-after	ca. 01.00 hrs.		vessel heeled to starboard so that he was thrown out of his (upper) bed to the floor	chaos every-where, officer in white shirt with walkie-talkie on 7th deck
Per-Erik Ehrnsten	cabin 6304		woke up from hard bang, and heard thereafter in regular intervals 4-5 times "tong-tong, etc.", pause and again, got up and dressed		no	vessel heeled 25-30° and did not right up	saw Silver Linde and two crew inside deck 7 (max. 5 min. after heel), one was the 2nd engineer, two had walkie-talkies, Silver Linde reported into the walkie-talkie about water in the ship	ca. 30 minutes list between 30-50°; engines were stopped at 50-60° light out and on again, saw 2 vessels which did not come closer, saw port stabiliser, saw bow ramp closed or almost closed
Håkan Ekstedt (Karlstad/Sweden) Statoil employee	cabin 5205	felt the sea state already at 21.30 hrs. at dinner	to bed before 01.00 hrs., heavy pitching	ca. 01.20 hrs.		woke up when vessel heeled to starboard and everything moved to the side		heel no. 2 to 45°
Marianne Ehn (Uppsala/Sweden)	cabin 6222	21.30 hrs. to bed	woke up from beating noises, called husband who said it was 01.00 hrs.	ca. 01.00 hrs.		vessel dove into deep wave trough, small heel and then the abrupt heel to starboard and everything .... the engines stopped	vessel heeled violently
Christer Eklöf (Sollefteå/Sweden)	cabin 4219	truck driver in restaurant on 6th deck (presumably Restaurant Poseidon) trucks were so close that the mirrors had been bent inside, no securings	wind and sea from port side, was sitting after 00.30 hrs. at the exit port side, some minutes after 01.00 hrs. bow rose/sank 2-3 times, vessel behaved differently and a fatal minute later fell to starboard	ca. 01.02/03 hrs.	yes
Name	Location at heel	Pre-casualty observations	Noise scenario times/observations	Heel			Observations during way up	Subsequent observations
Name	Location at heel	Pre-casualty observations	Noise scenario times/observations	time/0°	righting up ?	occurrence	Observations during way up	Subsequent observations
Brigitte Eriksson (Södersbyn/ Sweden)	cabin 5229	ca. 24.00 hrs. vessel began to labour, husband wanted to make round, but returned silently after some minutes and also went to bed	heard noises of metal beating against metal, directly thereafter the vessel heeled to star-board			husband caught Birgitte from falling out of bed, left cabin in great hurry, husband always pushing her
Anders Ericson (Karlskoga/ Sweden)	cabin 4131 port side forward	23.15 hrs. to bed, high sea state, vessel shaking/ vibrating, impossible to sleep 21.00 hrs. on bridge course 262° wind: 20 m/sea	ca. 01.00 hrs. suddenly two heavy bangs, one after the other, got up and dressed, noises came close to his cabin	ca. 01.00 hrs.			left cabin and walked aft, after ca. 20 sec. vessel heeled slightly to star-board, kept walking aft to centre stairway, vessel heeled more, walked upstairs to deck 6 when vessel suddenly heeled to ca. 30°, continued to deck 7
Mats Finnanger (Foslandsen/ Norway) 12 years old	cabin 1002					was thrown out of his bed, same happened to his father	managed to reach deck 7	lost his whole family
Maria Fågersten (Huddinge/Sweden)Stockholm Police ST-Section	cabin 6107but was in Karaoke Bar (5th deck)		heavy pitching, shaking/ vibrating of vessel, at 00.45 hrs. the casualty sequence began, glasses above the bar fell out of their holdings, suddenly everything slid to one side - clock above the bar showed 01.05 hrs.	01.05 hrs.	yes	vessel fell on the side, very rapidly people were thrown against the wall, she could hold onto the bar 'the ship came over me'
Name	Location at heel	Pre-casualty observations	Noise scenario times/observations	Heel			Observations during way up	Subsequent observations
Name	Location at heel	Pre-casualty observations	Noise scenario times/observations	time/0°	righting up ?	occurrence	Observations during way up	Subsequent observations
Tomas Grunde (Stockholm)Manager Statoil	Karaoke Bar		1st bang from forward and vessel heeled, more heavy banging from forward, vessel heeled heavily to port	ca. 01.15 hrs.				light out/on
Erik Gemheden (Tuskvarna/ Sweden)member of Bible School	cabin 1026but was in corridor on way aft on deck 6		vessel was labouring heavily and suddenly heeled, more and more quickly, vessel was shaking			he was thrown against the bulk-head - starboard side	one foot on deck, the other on the wall	heard "Mayday, Mayday" from loudspeakers
Jan Grafström (Djursholm/Sweden) Policeman ST-Section	cabin on 6th deck Karaoke Bar			just after 01.00 hrs.		severe heel and up to deck 7, 30°
Nebosja Grkovic	cabin 6217(with Rolf Sörman)	was on outer deck at 22.00-23.00 hrs.and looked onto forecastle	was alone in cabin, heel came without any warning, left to starboard side	ca. 01.00 hrs.	yes	vessel heeled, righted up and heeled again		jumped into the sea from star-board side, Estonian sailor stayed on board
Tåge Hellgren Policeman ST-Section	cabin 6126Karaoke Bar		reported nothing		no	1st heel to ca. 20°, did not right up, thereafter step by step until on the side after 20 minutes		lights went out after 5-10 minutes and came back - after 20 minutes black out
Kent Härstedt	cabin 4316until 24.00 hrs.		at 24.00 hrs. woke up from a muffled sound which was nevertheless "heavy", as if something moved from side to side and crashed with force against the hull - he felt uneasy and joined his colleagues in the Pub Admiral		yes	after ca. 30 min. at the bar: vessel rolled 2-3 times, lots of bottles were falling off the shelf, vessel righted up and then fell to the starboard side	45°	met Sara Hedrenius and they helped each other
Name	Location at heel	Pre-casualty observations	Noise scenario times/observations	Heel			Observations during way up	Subsequent observations
Name	Location at heel	Pre-casualty observations	Noise scenario times/observations	time/0°	righting up ?	occurrence	Observations during way up	Subsequent observations
Altti Hakanpää	cabin 1047 Karaoke Bar		at about 24.00 hrs. when he was in Restaurant Poseidon the vessel was twice shaken heavily, dancing girls in the Karaoke Bar fell, etc., the vessel heeled ca. 45°	ca. 01.25 hrs.		see memo interview Jutta Rabe		see memo interview Jutta Rabe
Sara Hedrenius	Café Neptunus (near Paul Barney)	asleep since ca. 21.30 hrs. but felt the hard movements	woke up from 2 heavy bangs which made the vessel shake (thought they had hit a rock), vessel moved up and down, she fell back (half) to sleep, but not for long, then the heel	no	no	see WH interview	see WH interview	stern was higher than bow at first, which later changed when bow rose and stern went down
Mats Hillerström	cabin 1027on 6th deck in the open, aft of Restaurant Poseidon	hard movements, pitching and rolling, 2-3 times on forepart deck 7 and looked down onto forecastle, last time ca. 22.30 hrs., search light was on	nothing heard, "SILJA EUROPA" abeam, "MARIELLA" aft of abeam, vessel had been slamming since 00.30 hrs., on deck 6 aft	01.20 hrs. (est.)	yes	vessel heeled wide to starboard, righted not fully, continued to heel	heel was too big to walk up, pulled himself up the rail to star-board side and up the stairs to deck 7 - there was then only 1 Estonian crew member (ESTLINE on his back)	looked over the port side and saw 1) vessel turning to port 2) some fine just out of water (heel ca. 25°) 3) slow speed
Jukka Pekka Ihalainen truck driver (had previously been with Coast Guard/Navy at Russarö)	cabin 4212 4th deck shared cab-in with Leo Sillanpää (()	to bed 22.30 hrs., woke up from radio music at 00.32 hrs., turned it down and slept again	woke up again shortly afterwards from three bangs, that engines were reduced and then stopped			vessel heeled	engines were stopped and the vessel drifted with wind and sea, the other two ferries were at port, ca. 30° aft of abeam	Silja and Viking ferries at port side (could not believe that "E" had changed course after the heel), both vessels continued on their course and speed, met Per-Erik Ehrnsten in life-raft
Vilho Itäranta	aft part of 6th deck, possibly cabin 6334	early to bed (upper bed), heard strange propeller noise (as if propeller rising above water level at each pitch movement)	climbed down from his upper bed and was about to put back the ladder when the big heel occurred			the heel occurred in steps	"Mayday, May-day" over loud-speakers	water was spraying from the highest point of the bridge
Name	Location at heel	Pre-casualty observations	Noise scenario times/observations	Heel			Observations during way up	Subsequent observations
Name	Location at heel	Pre-casualty observations	Noise scenario times/observations	time/0°	righting up ?	occurrence	Observations during way up	Subsequent observations
Sten Jolind	cabin 5135	was up on deck 7 and overlooking forecastle several times, heard heavy bangs, thought vessel was too fast	at 24.00 hrs. to bed. between 00.00-01.00 hrs. 2 or 3 really heavy bangs from forward (heavier and louder than before), got up and dressed			when he had just opened the door the vessel heeled, everything slid against the door	no one was in the alleyway at first, vessel heeled stepwise
Ain-Alar Juhanson small Mercedes bus - one of the last cars	cabin 1056		was sleeping and heard frequent hard bangs			hard metallic bang and vessel heeled	jumped out of door into water in the alleyway
Tom Jonsson one of the 68 policemen	cabin 4405			just after 01.00 hrs.	no	came out of toilet when vessel heeled, up normal, water smashed against cabin window (starboard side)
Morten Boje Jensen (Copenhagen)	cabin 4603	vessel was labouring more and more	ca. 23.40 hrs. in bed , ca. 00.00 put out light, no sleep, small banging noise combined with pitching, then 3 bangs, very hard, after the 2nd one car alarm went off		no	sudden heel to ca. 45°, simultaneously something big moved below from starboard to port	found alleyway blocked by steel bars towards Reception
Ülo Kikas	deck passenger Night Club			ca. 01.15 hrs.		vessel rolled from port to starboard	when on deck 7, 30° heel, engines stopped
Jürgen Korjas	cabin 1022 toilet near Night Club	hard movements			no	suddenly the vessel fell to one side	came out of toilet door and saw crack in ceiling out of which water was spraying	saw 2 vessels, one to the left, the other one astern, after ca. 30 minutes the vessel was aside
Name	Location at heel	Pre-casualty observations	Noise scenario times/observations	Heel			Observations during way up	Subsequent observations
Name	Location at heel	Pre-casualty observations	Noise scenario times/observations	time/0°	righting up ?	occurrence	Observations during way up	Subsequent observations
Neemi Künno Kalk	cabin 1122	went to cabin at 21.00 hrs. and was reading until 23.30 hrs.				awakened by rust-ling sound and saw from way his jacket was hanging that the heel was ca. 45°	water on car deck level
Margus Karmet truck driver	cabin 4224	trucks and trailers were secured by belts, was one of the first trucks to drive on board	to bed ca. 23.30 hrs., heard strange cracking noises in the structure, woke up from some unusual noise			woke up when his head smashed against the wall due to heavy heeling		the ramp was missing
Marek Kaasik	deck passenger	heavy movements	about 1 hour before, heavy bangs and vessel shaking in whole structure, heard metallic noises from above		no	vessel heeled over	45°	heard start of emergency generator
Ints Klavins	cabin 1024		in bed			woke up from dangerous noise caused by metal scratching over vessel's bottom
Leja Kozareva	in alleyway near toilets deck 5
Vasili Krjutjkov	cabin 6230 or 6320 together with son-in-law/nephew		woke up from vessel shaking violently and slight heel, then another shock, shaking and heeling
Name	Location at heel	Pre-casualty observations	Noise scenario times/observations	Heel			Observations during way up	Subsequent observations
Name	Location at heel	Pre-casualty observations	Noise scenario times/observations	time/0°	righting up ?	occurrence	Observations during way up	Subsequent observations
Eckard Klug truck driver	cabin 4214		23.45 hrs. to bed heard metallic knocking noises		no	powerful metallic blow, got up, when he was outside the cabin the vessel heeled	when on deck 7 30° heel - there were already 3 persons, 1 crew in white shirt
Lars-Olof Lamke	cabin 6223		00.00 hrs. to bed			01.00 hrs. woke up, slight heel, soon thereafter heavy heel	cabin door blocked, 45° when at deck 7	washed over when vessel was on the side, wrist watch damaged at 01.31 hrs.
Tambet Herbert Lausma - truck driver	cabin 1023					woke up from some bang and vessel heeled	water on car deck level
Magnus Lindström	cabin 4429	early to bed, difficult to sleep due to movements	heard rolling noise from below (car deck), ca. 01.00 hrs. he heard tooth brush fall out of glass and other things falling	ca. 01.00 hrs.		heavy metal bang followed by the heeling
Yngve Lien	deck pas-senger in cinema in aft part of deck 4		heard a noise and the vessel heeled				30° when on deck 7, later stabilised itself
Kalvet Maiko	deck passengers	behind their car there was max. space for 3 more cars				woke up when vessel .......... water splashed up against window
Andrus Maidre	cabin 1022		metallic scraping noises crashing ........			noise of heavy falling and heeling	saw through open car deck door a lot of water on car deck	some water in centre casing on car deck