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...
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.
Some passenger said that but I was already upstairs then.
Here it is.
What's it called again? Not the bow visor...
The ramp.
Why do you think Kadak withdrew his statement?
First he said that there was water on
car deck and then said there wasn't any.
I don't know anything about their statements.
They're waiting in the hallway
ask them.
Yes, I heard about it on the bridge after my last round
but I could'n read from the captains behaviour
that the situation was that serious yet.
In the info desk...
To get to the car deck
you had to go through the info desk so they would open the door.
What time?
Precisely?
Try to remember what time it was.
I'm not really able to decide what time it was.
It was what it was.
I thought we agreed the tone of the questions wouldn't be like this.
Could I just maybe tell you...
on which time, what I did and where I did it.
When I...
got to the car deck...
it was quite soon that I heard the bang.
Bridge. Seaman of the watch.
Bridge copy.
I heard a loud bang from the bow just now.
What bang?
A loud clunk. Like metal against metal.
Should I do something?
Are the cars fastened properly?
Yeah, they seem to be.
Check them.
Wait a second.
Bridge, the cars are all good.
Check the spaces on the side.
I'll go and check.
Yeah...
Bridge...
It's just rain water coming out of air vents.
What about the ramp's and the visor's lights?
I'll take a look.
Bridge, the signal lights are green.
Am I allowed to get out of here?
Yeah, carry on with your round.
I did my round.
Which I did like I' always do: get a stamp an go back to the bridge.
At this point the ship was swerving so much
that I'd have to look for walls for support.
Speed 15 knots, four engines running.
Asking for a permission to enter?
Permission granted.
You called about the noise from the bow?
Exactly.
Now there are constant clanking noises coming from there.
Wake up the boatswain.
Check what is going on.
Copy.
I tried to get in touch with the boatswain.
I tried but couldn't.
I couldn't reach him.
So I had to go to the car deck alone.
Could you open the door to the car deck for me?
Wait a second, I'll take care of this first.
-I'm a bit in a hurry. -One moment please!
Open the door!
The door is open. Somebody went in there.
Stand back!
There's water coming in.
Bridge! Seaman of the watch. Bridge! Seaman of the watch.
There's water on the car deck!
Go to the deck!
All of you, go to the deck!
Bridge to the seaman. Are you there now?
No! Nobody should go there! There's water!
Go to the deck!
Siim!
Janek!
Siim! - Janek!
The bridge is not responding!
I can't reach them, I can't...
What did they say on the bridge?
Can't reach the bridge!
This here as well!
Janek!
Watchman to the bridge!
Bridge! Can you hear me?
Janek! - Pass them on!
The door got stuck!
Open the door, open it!
What is happening?
Have you found out why he's lying?
Maybe he really can't remember what happened in what order.
Or he's ashamed
feels he's done something wrong.
Or he feels he should be able to give us an answer.
Anyway, this is going to drag on for a bit.
I'm in charge of the hearings today.
So I need to be here.
I just wanted to tell you how I feel.
Yeah, I know.
I know that you know.
I know that you know that I know.
I know that you know that I know that you know.
I know that you know that I know that...
I have to go.
Bye.
Erik.
Can I show you something?
Come with me.
Come on.
Look.
The Germans know that we're interviewing Tamm.
Yeah, but what if they're right?
That the crew made mistakes?
That the ship was going too fast?
Or that you made modifications to it, so that it became unseaworthy.
But those modifications improved the ship.
But you seem to have misplaced the documents proving that.
That could become a problem for you.
You should put your own house in order.
I see myself more as an independent...
That's fine.
I'll take care of this.
Have you heard of "reikäjuustoteoria"?
If it's blocked like this, no problem.
What's "siivu" in English?
They get the information twice.
If there are several of these overlapping holes
it begs the question
why the bridge didn't react to the overlapping holes, or problems.
Do you want me to translate? - Go ahead.
When I...
When I followed the captain up the bridge's stairs...
then...
The mates had just had a shift change.
They just had a shift change
and different men were on the bridge at that point.
You remember that there were new mates?
Asking for a permission to enter?
Permission granted.
You called about the noise from the bow?
Exactly.
Wake up the boatswain. Check what is going on.
Yes!
Actually, I had to...
It must have been around... 1:05 a.m.
That's why I must have heard
the bang close to 12:55 a.m.
So, at 1:05 a.m., the bridge hadn't yet received
any concrete information about the events.
I don't understand what do you want?
What?
I didn't have any power over anything on the ship
and I didn't do anything to cause the accident.
You blame me.
Why do you do that?
How can I represent the whole crew?
The whole country?
Where are the bosses?
Where are those who actually are responsible for everything?
Why am I here?
Why am I sitting here?
Somebody owned the ship.
Somebody was responsible for its condition and sending us out to sea.
Why am I here?
I don't know whether you understand that being here is hard for me?
It's hard for the whole crew.
Every morning I wake up feeling guilty.
And knowing I'm still alive doesn't help.
My mates...
Many of them aren't any more.
And now I feel guilty that I can't answer your questions.
I can't give you answers.
Take the life jackets! All of you...
Watchman, do you hear me?
Bridge, do you hear, what is happening?