Focus Estonia has had a photogrammetric 3D scan of Estonia's bow visor on Muskö outside Stockholm. In this work, we have carefully documented the entire visor and also the base plate. We have seen and documented things that no accident investigator from the Swedish Oats Commission has seen. And these are images that change everything.
According to the accident investigation, several large waves broke all the locks that held the whistle [visor?] in place. The final report states that the bottom plate of the visor is beaten hard and pressed in about 50 centimeters. But what we see is something completely different. Contrary to what the Accident Investigation Board claims, there are no contact marks at all after severe mechanical blows. Instead, you only see severe deformations where the base plate of the visor is pressed in 70 centimeters.
The Oats Commission does not even mention in the report that the base plate has been torn apart and pushed back closer to one meter. And with such force that the material has been torn apart. The power, speed and heat have been so enormous that the steel plate has caved over itself and most of the color has disappeared. You can compare the damage with the large dent on the front of the visor. This is a clear example of an injury caused by mechanical contact. There are no mechanical impact marks from the edges or tip of the forepeak of the visor. Instead, a very strong soft impression is visible. It becomes even clearer in the photogrammetric 3D model that we have had made. The absence of mechanical blows is even clearer when we remove the surface layer. <snip>
These damages could not possibly have been caused mechanically by the visor hitting the forepeak deck. These are injuries that have been caused by one or more detonations.
