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– When you have found something new, in my opinion you are obliged to investigate it and try to find an explanation, says professor of maritime technology Jørgen Amdahl at NTNU to VG.
The damage measures 4 meters high and around 1.2 meters wide and must have been applied to the hull of the Estonian passenger ferry with a force of between 500 and 600 tons, according to Amdahl. She has participated in the documentary series made by Monster and Dplay, which is mentioned by VG on the 26th day after the sinking in the Baltic Sea.
501 of the 852 passengers who lost their lives in the “Estonia” tragedy were Swedish. Six were Norwegians. Although the AIBN report was critical of the shipyard, no one was responsible for the loss of so many lives.
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It is possible that rocks or irregularities in the seabed have penetrated this area of ”Estonia” after it sank. However, Amdahl believes that the find makes it necessary to investigate the damage.
The drowned are also not allowed to breathe
Diving in the shipwreck is prohibited.
No one has fallen to the wreck since Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Denmark, Russia and the UK signed the Grave Peace Pact. The agreement declares Estonia a protected cemetery and prohibits all diving in the wreck, which is in international waters.
The documentary makers have chosen to defy the agreement and have used an underwater drone to film the wreck. One of the sequences in the series “Estonia: the find that changes everything” shows the large indentation in the hull, where you can see what is probably a cockpit.
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– If this injury had something to do with the tragedy, our technical experts need to consider it further. Then politicians must decide whether further investigation is necessary, says Advisor Mart Luik to the Estonian Foreign Minister for VG.
He is one of several representatives of the Estonian government who visited Oslo on September 18 to evaluate the new discovery.
The bow door torn off
The AIBN has concluded that the wreck was due to a failure that caused the forward door to break and the ferry to rapidly fill with water. No one now dares to conclude that the hole in the hull may have had something to do with the accident or that it contributed to the ship sinking as fast as it did.
But there are calls from various quarters for new investigations into the wreck and the circumstances behind the wreck, which has been called Europe’s worst peacetime ship disaster since the Titanic sank in 1912.
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Spokesperson Lennart Berglund of the Estoniaoffren och Anhöriga Foundation, the largest family association, tells VG that they have given their full support to the Monster and Dplay operation. The Estonian survivors, for their part, have gone to court to demand further investigations.
– The new findings presented in the documentary series are of great public interest, raise questions about the official explanation available today, and may hopefully lead to a greater understanding of why Estonia sank. This can help give survivors and survivors more answers and perhaps even end the case after 26 years. Producer Monster has done a formidable job, and the immersion that took place was highly journalistic-driven and thoroughly evaluated both ethically and legally, says Communications Director Hanne McBride at Discovery Norway.
