1.   Despite protests from relatives and friends of the victims who were mostly Swedes or Estonians, the Swedish Maritime Authority decided last November to entomb the wreck.

2.   Such a call would be an embarrassment for the government, which had planned to entomb the wreck under a thick covering of rocks.

3.   The government has suspended a program to entomb the wreck under layers of rock and sand.

4.   The Swedish government is part way through a program to entomb the wreck under layers of rock and sand.

5.   The decision comes following strong criticism of the plans to entomb the wreck in concrete, especially from the relatives of the victims.