Sweden says ship broke Baltic Sea cable by accident

We have film footage where we can see a wave hitting the lock and the anchor drops,

Ljungqvist said

We can see that the anchor was dropped without involvement by the crew,

Senior Prosecutor Mats Ljungqvist told Reuters

We can see that the speed drops. The anchor pulls the ship in one direction, but the autopilot compensated for it,

he said, adding

It has been established that a combination of weather conditions and deficiencies in equipment and seamanship contributed to the cable break,

Senior Prosecutor Mats Ljungqvist said, adding

The ship can continue to operate with this damage for the next three months, it has permission to do so, but we will try to stop in Denmark to repair the damage,

he said Monday

An investigation is continuing to find out whether other crimes may have been responsible for the cable break,

the prosecutors said in a statement

The investigation now clearly shows that it is not a case of sabotage,

the Swedish prosecution authority said in a statement