1. The big door at the bow was just swinging shut to seal the car deck. 2. Passengers who had left their vehicles on the car deck had crowded at the rails on the upper deck. 3. He claimed that three-quarters of the ferries operating from British ports would capsize within minutes of their car decks flooding. 4. The Estonia sank after water leaked onto its car deck in heavy seas, causing it to capsize. 5. Water leaked onto its car deck, causing it to capsize. 6. Both sank rapidly as water rushed into their wide, open-plan car decks through their bow doors. 7. Rawson said simple, cheap options included placing bulwarks on car decks to stop the rush of water. 8. The divers would also investigate the car deck, Witte said. 9. The ramp, which connected the car deck with the dock when the ship was in port, folded up into a frame when the ferry was under way. 10. Waves wrenched off its front cargo door and flooded the car deck. |