Question

Naval architects never claim that a ship in unsinkable, but the sinking of the passenger-and-car ferry Estonia in the Baltic, surely should have never 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. Of those who managed to scramble overboard, only 139 survived. The rest died of hypothermia before the rescuers could get them. The final death toll amounted to 912 souls.
(i) Where did the ferry sink?
(ii) Why should the accident never have happened?
(iii) What was the effect of the accident?
(iv) What was the passenger-and-care ferry called?
(v) Give the synonym for, ‘fatal

Answer 1

Answer:

1. Baltic sea

2.Because it was well designed and carefully maintained.

3.Hypothermia

4.Estonia

5 deadly, lethal.