Talk:MS Scandinavian Star
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This is a lot of controversy surrounding the investigation of the fire onboard of Scandinavian Star, including contractionary statements in the official report. Furthermore, new findings such as the deliberate blocking of two fire doors, tampering with an oil pipe and other evidence of access in otherwise staff-only portions of the ship has lead many to believe that the fire was deliberately started by someone who had an indepth knowledge of the ship. The pyromaniac in question seemingly had no such knowledge, and had perished during the second of a total of 8 separate fires which were started. More importantly the Norwegian police in charge of the investigation had asserted him as their prime suspect based on a witness report. The witness has since denied ever stating that the man who she had seen had been the pyromaniac in question, and that she had never been given the report in which she stated such. Possible financial motives for "getting rid" of Scandinavian Star have not been investigated either.
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Does anyone have any link to the NTSB report? I've created a reference tag for it but am not sure how much to add to the article itself. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lstanley1979 (talk • contribs) 20:57, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
- The NTSB is a US institution and has no cause or jurisdiction to investigate a fire on board a Norwegian ship in Swedish waters. The investigation was conducted by a specially-appointed joint Norwegian / Danish / Swedish investigation committee. I have not been able to locate a copy (much less an English translation) of the committee's report. DES (talk) 07:51, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
