The Swedish and Estonian accident investigation boards have conducted diving investigations, examined the seabed, filmed the wreck and checked information about damage.
The investigation has also collected testimonies from survivors. Only summaries will be saved and the interviews themselves will be deleted. This has prompted the interviewed survivor Rolf Sörman to report the Swedish National Accident Investigation Board to the Swedish Ombudsman (JO).
"I want the Ombudsman to look at how the Swedish Maritime Accident Investigation Board handles public documents in general, and in particular the interviews they conducted with us survivors," he tells Ekot.
The investigation into the sinking will be presented in Tallinn.
The ferry M/S Estonia sank on the night of September 28, 1994, en route from Tallinn to Stockholm.
852 people died, of whom 501 were Swedes. 137 people were rescued.
The International Maritime Accident Investigation Board's most important conclusion was that the fasteners and locks for Estonia's bow visor were undersized. When the bow visor came loose, large amounts of water rushed onto the car deck and caused the ship to capsize.
However, survivors, relatives and other concerned individuals have demanded that the rapid course of events when the ship sank be further investigated.
After the documentary "Estonia – the discovery that changes everything", the accident investigation boards in Sweden, Finland and Estonia began a new investigation. The State Accident Investigation Board released an interim report in 2023.
Last year, the Swedish Prosecution Authority announced that the preliminary investigation into the sinking of the Estonia would not be reopened.
