Photogrammetry - 2022
MV Estonia has been examined with the use of photogrammetry. This means that a large number of photographs have been taken of the wreck and assembled into a 3D model.
In June 2022, a photogrammetric survey of MV Estonia was carried out. This means that the ship was documented photographically.The work was carried out by the Swedish company Ocean Discovery AB and the Danish company JD-Contractor A/S. The photo documentation resulted in approximately 45,000 photographs. The photographs have been compiled into a 3D model by using photogrammetry. The photographs have been published on this website and can be seen under the heading The Wreck. A 3D model of the ship is also available under the heading 3D model.
DIGITAL MODEL OF ESTONIA.
As part of the assessment of the new information about Estonia, a digital and a physical model have been created.
The purpose of the digital model of MS Estonia is to provide as accurate a general overview as possible of the ship's exterior and the structural and technical characteristics of the ship as it appeared on 27 September 1994.
The model was created in order to develop a physical model of Estonia and to demonstrate the ship during various surveys and in public contexts.
In accordance with an agreement between the prime ministers of Estonia, Finland and Sweden, a temporary Joint Accident Investigation Commission (JAIC) was formed to investigate the accident.
On September 28, 2020, footage was published showing a previously unknown hole in the ship's starboard side. The Estonian Safety Investigation Bureau therefore initiated a preliminary assessment of the new information and requested assistance from the corresponding authorities in Finland and Sweden.
The purpose of the preliminary assessment is to consider whether the new information gives reason to revise the conclusions drawn in the 1997 report, if new investigation measures should be taken and if so which ones.
For further information on the work on the preliminary assessment, Read more see here.
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