ETV nightly news ran a segment on Kent Härstedt, a Social Democratic MP who at age 29 was one of the passengers on the ill-fated Estonia ferry.
He said he was most bothered by the question of how quickly the ferry sank – in just 30 minutes – as well as the hasty plans to encase the ship in concrete – something that was ultimately not done.
“We don’t want the MS Estonia to become a tourist destination,” he said with regard to reports of diving expeditions to the site.
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