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A report from the Estonian government in October indicated that a new hole had been found in the hull. This confirmed the findings, which were published in a new documentary earlier this year, in which the divers had illegally descended onto the wreckage of the ship.
Diving off the wreckage of the crashed Estonian ferry in the Baltic Sea has been banned since 1995, but the producers of a new documentary series chose to defy this ban and found a hitherto unknown crack in the hull. Photo: EPA / NTB Photo: NTB scanpix
The report also indicated that another much-discussed hole may be due to rocks on the seabed.
SHK CEO Jonas Bäckstrand now says the commission should investigate the helmet. They need to do metallurgical examinations and observe the construction of the hull.
– We have not reached the conclusion that we have to make new dives, but we do not rule out anything, he says.
852 people died when the Estonian ferry sank in the Baltic Sea in 1994. The cause of the sinking is still debated. The Estonian, Finnish and Swedish AIBNs are now working on new information about the accident. Among other things, an attempt is made to obtain drawings of the vessel and map the conditions of the bottom where the vessel is located.
A couple of weeks ago, the Estonian Accident Investigation Board visited Sweden and together they examined the Estonian bow visor, which is stored outside of Stockholm.
