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The vessel's rapid list and the flooding prevented many people in the cabins from ascending to the boat deck, as water not only flooded the vessel via the car deck, but also through windows in cabins as well as the massive windows along deck 6. The windows gave way to the powerful waves as the ship listed and the sea reached the upper decks. Survivors reported that water flowed down from ceiling panels, stairwells and along corridors from decks that were not yet underwater. This contributed to the rapid sinking. A mayday was communicated by the ship's crew at 01:22, but did not follow international formats. ''Hollona'' directed a call to the [[Yonderre|Yonderian]] cruiseferry [[MS Marie-Ella|MS ''Marie-Ella'']] and only after making contact with her did the radio operator utter the word "Mayday". The radio operator on [[MS Marie-Ella|MS ''Marie-Ella'']], chief mate Matthäus Silbermann, replied in Ænglish: "''Hollona'', are you calling mayday?" After that, the voice of MS ''Hollona'''s third mate Victor Timesman took over on ''Hollona'' and the conversation shifted to [[Burgoignesc language|Burgoignesc]]. | The vessel's rapid list and the flooding prevented many people in the cabins from ascending to the boat deck, as water not only flooded the vessel via the car deck, but also through windows in cabins as well as the massive windows along deck 6. The windows gave way to the powerful waves as the ship listed and the sea reached the upper decks. Survivors reported that water flowed down from ceiling panels, stairwells and along corridors from decks that were not yet underwater. This contributed to the rapid sinking. A mayday was communicated by the ship's crew at 01:22, but did not follow international formats. ''Hollona'' directed a call to the [[Yonderre|Yonderian]] cruiseferry [[MS Marie-Ella|MS ''Marie-Ella'']] and only after making contact with her did the radio operator utter the word "Mayday". The radio operator on [[MS Marie-Ella|MS ''Marie-Ella'']], chief mate Matthäus Silbermann, replied in Ænglish: "''Hollona'', are you calling mayday?" After that, the voice of MS ''Hollona'''s third mate Victor Timesman took over on ''Hollona'' and the conversation shifted to [[Burgoignesc language|Burgoignesc]]. | ||
Timesman was able to provide some details about their situation but, due to a loss of power, he could not give their position, which delayed rescue operations somewhat. Timesman would later die in the sinking. Some minutes later, power returned, and the ''Hollona'' was able to radio its position to [[MS Marie-Ella|''Marie-Ella'']]. After that, ''Hollona'' sent their last radio message saying: "Really bad, it's looking really bad right now". The ship disappeared from the radar screens of other ships at around 01:50, and sank in international waters, about 46 nmi (85 km) from the coast of [[Yonderre]]. According to survivor accounts, the ship sank stern first after taking a list of 90 degrees. | |||
[[Yonderre|Yonderian]] cruiseferry [[MS Marie-Ella|MS ''Marie-Ella'']], the first of five ferries to reach the scene of the accident, arrived at 02:12. Yonderian maritime rescue coordination centres failed to acknowledge the Mayday immediately and [[MS Marie-Ella|''Marie-Ella'']]'s report was relayed by [[Vandarcholme]] Radio as the less urgent pan-pan message. A full-scale emergency was only declared at 02:30. [[MS Marie-Ella|''Marie-Ella'']] winched open liferafts into the sea onto which 13 people on ''Hollona'''s rafts successfully transferred, and reported the location of other rafts to Holldoner and Yonderian rescue helicopters, the first of which arrived at 03:05. The former took survivors to shore, while the latter, [[Marine Yonderre]] [[AMS-68]] helicopters, chose the riskier option of landing on the ferries. The pilots of the Marine Yonderre stated that landing on the ferries was the most difficult part of the whole rescue operation; despite that, a single [[AMS-68]] helicopter rescued 44 people, more than all the ferries. [[MS Marie-Ella|MS ''Marie-Ella'']] saved 16 survivors with its rescue slide. | [[Yonderre|Yonderian]] cruiseferry [[MS Marie-Ella|MS ''Marie-Ella'']], the first of five ferries to reach the scene of the accident, arrived at 02:12. Yonderian maritime rescue coordination centres failed to acknowledge the Mayday immediately and [[MS Marie-Ella|''Marie-Ella'']]'s report was relayed by [[Vandarcholme]] Radio as the less urgent pan-pan message. A full-scale emergency was only declared at 02:30. [[MS Marie-Ella|''Marie-Ella'']] winched open liferafts into the sea onto which 13 people on ''Hollona'''s rafts successfully transferred, and reported the location of other rafts to Holldoner and Yonderian rescue helicopters, the first of which arrived at 03:05. The former took survivors to shore, while the latter, [[Marine Yonderre]] [[AMS-68]] helicopters, chose the riskier option of landing on the ferries. The pilots of the Marine Yonderre stated that landing on the ferries was the most difficult part of the whole rescue operation; despite that, a single [[AMS-68]] helicopter rescued 44 people, more than all the ferries. [[MS Marie-Ella|MS ''Marie-Ella'']] saved 16 survivors with its rescue slide. | ||