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Nine years ago this week, The
Herald of Free Enterprise sank in Zeebrugge, leaving 193 people dead. Further disasters have shown that roll-on, roll-off ferries can quickly become unstable. Philippa Forrester meets one of the survivors of another shipping disaster, the Estonia, and visits the Norwegian ferry, Colour Festival, which is beingfitted with doors that divide the deck up, making the ship far more stable if the deck floods. Norway is insistingthat all its ferries are fitted with the system by spring 1997, so why is Britain not followingsuit?
Also, Jez Nelson reports from Mexico on the top team of physicists, biochemists and mechanical engi neers who are trying to crack a culinary conundrum: how to make the perfect tortilla.
Presented by Howard Stableford and Shahnaz Pakravan , with Vivienne Parry and Rebecca Stephens.
Producer Saul Nasse ; Editor Edward Briffa
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