Estonia

Speed 15 knots, four engines running...

Permission to enter?

Permission granted.

You called about the noise from the bow?

Exactly.

Tell us in your own words how and when things happened.

You're not being accused of anything.

If I'm not accused of anything, why...

I mean that...

There's a reason why the earlier statements were like that.

Why is that?

In my earlier interviews, the interpreter couldn't speak Estonian!

We have an interpreter now. Let's continue.

Tell us about the day of departure.

About the inspection that day...

Or afternoon.

It was...

It was day like any other.

We saw inspection on the car deck.

With Siim. Siim Pärn.

That was somewhere around 1 o'clock.

Look!

The inspectorate is here.

They're here again to make a mess.

Yeah...

Why the hell are they looking at the locks again.

Damn paper pushers, don't they have anything else to do?

Hey, alright, let's go. Take that.

Well...

are we staying at the harbour today?

It'll be too expensive to do it for their entertainment.

I don't think they're going to cancel the departure.

Did you see anyone hammering the visor's locks.

No.

You said that you were standing next to them.

Didn't we agree that I would not be accused of anything?

I mean, you're not the police.

I can leave whenever I want, can't I?

Janek.

Just once more.

Just tell us what you remember.

We just want to know how you remember

what happened on the car deck.

If he learns how to ask questions.

If you give better answers.

What do you remember from the car deck?

Let's try to keep things short so we can get out of here some day.

There's no coffee here.

What mood are they in?

Just asking questions.

We'll go over the whole thing once more.

Let's talk about the moment you heard the sound... or the bang.

I was on the bridge every hour on the hour.

At half past I'd start my security round.

And...

at 10:30 p.m. was my first one.

What are you planning to do in Stockholm?

I don't know.

There's time. Let's see how it goes.

I and the deck cadet were standing a little further.

The captain and the mates were at the control panel.

Wind direction and speed?

Gusts of wind from the west, can reach 20 metres a second.

Machines?

All of them working.

Stabilizers?

Activated.

How much are we behind?

Half an hour.

Alright.

Strenght.

Much needed.

I've done that several times.

One more time, please.

I went through all the decks in a particular order.

It was this routine I had, so I didn't

have to think about what I should do.

I always started from deck seven.

And that's where I started my round at 10:30 p.m.

From deck 7 I proceed to go down

to deck 6 and 5

going through the common areas for the passengers.

Are you checking up on us?

All good here?

Five-six-seven-eight!

On deck 5 I pass the shop and the info desk.

Otherwise, I can't get to the car deck

it means that I ask the info desk...

to open the door to the car deck.

And then...

then my round continues, through deck 5 and deck 4.

There weren't as many passengers that night as usual.

Maybe because the weather was so bad.

That there was a storm.

Well, from deck 4 I had to go on to deck 3

just down the stairs, to the car deck.

On car deck I check if the cars are in place

and everything is properly fastened.

Every territory has it's checkpoint where I need to get a stamp.

But it didn't matter how many times I'd done this

the keys never worked properly.

Then I take the elevator back to the bridge.

There's a direct connection.

And when I'm back on the bridge, then my round ends.

And your last round starting at 12:30 a.m. was exactly the same?

Yes.

Not exactly the same.

What did you do differently this time?

I...

I...

briefly met someone.

You met someone?

Did you meet with some friends during your round?

No, this was a...

a girl.

So, one coffee in Stockholm?

Stop it!

I have a boyfriend already.

And the others warned me against you.

Why haven't you mentioned this earlier?

No but this wasn't...

It was just banter between mates.

Just a few minutes.

How many minutes did it take?

Two-three.

Couple of minutes.

Maybe four... four at most.

But you didn't go to the bar?

No.

He just wants to know if you went to the bar.

No.

It says something here...

Where the hell was it?

Here, look.

It doesn't add up.

There.

There's Hendrik Lapin's statement who

gives a different overview of the events.

He says that he saw you meeting the lady in the bar.

I really... I don't remember.

This could have happened. Sorry, I dont remember...

Does it even matter?

I was doing my round!

The bar was on the way.

Did you stop at the bar and met with a woman?

Hi! - Hi!

You okay? - Yes!

Sorry?

Yes, all good here!

Any trouble-maker passengers?

Fortunately not. Yet.

I'm sorry!

Did you even do your last round at all?

I always did all my rounds.

We had to clock in at every spot.

If I hadn't done that, I would have been caught out right away.

I don't trust that fucking Tamm guy Janek or whatever his name is.

If he's lying about the small stuff, he may be lying about everything.

You believe we could find something new for the timeline?

I was thinking about the Germans' claims.

We don't know what happened on the bridge.

And there are only a few crew members who can tell us anything.

And only one who visited the bridge.

We two have come a long way, haven't we?

I remember when you told me

you can't build anything on recollections.

How can you drink this stuff?

Digesting disasters is what I do for a living.

I just made a phone call.

Where and when did you hear the bang?

Even though I don't remember what happened exactly before that

I swear I was on the car deck. I heard that bang.

What was the time?

Was it 12:35 a.m., 12:40 a.m. or 12:45 a.m.?

None of these.

It was 12:55 a.m.

And now you are saying that it was 12:55 a.m.

I know that it was 12:55 a.m.

That's the correct time.

What did you say about the water?

About water?

Yes, I heard it from a passenger.