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    The Estonia ferry sank in the Baltic Sea despite being well designed, properly maintained, and carrying the required number of lifeboats. It sank quickly after rolling over on a stormy night, trapping most passengers in dark, flooding cabins with no chance to escape. Of those who made it out, only 139 survived while the rest perished from hypothermia before rescuers could save them, resulting in a final death toll of 912 people. However, the sinking raised unpleasant questions as to why it sank and why most of the survivors were men in their prime instead of also including more women, children, and elderly who comprised most of the dead.

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    The Estonia ferry sank in the Baltic Sea despite being well designed, properly maintained, and carrying the required number of lifeboats. It sank quickly after rolling over on a stormy night, trapping most passengers in dark, flooding cabins with no chance to escape. Of those who made it out, only 139 survived while the rest perished from hypothermia before rescuers could save them, resulting in a final death toll of 912 people. However, the sinking raised unpleasant questions as to why it sank and why most of the survivors were men in their prime instead of also including more women, children, and elderly who comprised most of the dead.

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    Naval Architects Never Claim That A Ship Is Unsinkable

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    The Estonia ferry sank in the Baltic Sea despite being well designed, properly maintained, and carrying the required number of lifeboats. It sank quickly after rolling over on a stormy night, trapping most passengers in dark, flooding cabins with no chance to escape. Of those who made it out, only 139 survived while the rest perished from hypothermia before rescuers could save them, resulting in a final death toll of 912 people. However, the sinking raised unpleasant questions as to why it sank and why most of the survivors were men in their prime instead of also including more women, children, and elderly who comprised most of the dead.

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    Naval architects never claim that a ship is unsinkable, but the sinking of the

    passenger-and-car ferry Estonia in the Baltic surely should have never have happened.
    It was well designed and carefully maintained. It carried the proper number of
    lifeboats. It had been thoroughly inspected the day of its fatal voyage. Yet hours later,
    the Estonia rolled over and sank in a cold, stormy night. It went down so quickly that
    most of those on board, caught in their dark, flooding cabins, had no chance to save
    themselves: Of those who managed to scramble overboard, only 139 survived. The
    rest died of hypothermia before the rescuers could pluck them from the cold sea. The
    final death toll amounted to 912 souls. However, there were an unpleasant number of
    questions about why the Estonia sank and why so many survivors were men in the
    prime of life, while most of the dead were women, children and the elderly.

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