New evidence: an explosion caused the sinking of Estonia ferry?

New evidence has been put forward suggesting that the Estonia ferry, which sank six years ago, was damaged by an explosion. More than 850 people died when the ferry went down in the Baltic Sea in September 1994. A representative of survivors and victims' families, who are pressing for a criminal investigation into the sinking of the ferry, said three separate sets of tests had been carried out on metal fragments recovered from the wreck by divers, BBC reports. He said that distortion in the metal showed there had been an explosion. "To us, it's now clear without a doubt that this hole has been caused by a detonation. There is no other possibility," BBC quoted him as saying. The campaigners are not saying the explosion caused the sinking, but have sent their evidence to police in Sweden. An official report in 1997 made no mention of an explosion. It said the ship's bow door, which had been missing a bolt, had been torn off in heavy seas. We would remind to you that the Estonia was sailing from Tallinn in Estonia to Stockholm in Sweden in September 1994 when waves ripped off its visor-style bow door and water poured into the vehicle deck. The ship capsized and sank off the Finnish coast, trapping most passengers inside. Only 137 people survived the disaster, while 94 who managed to leave the vessel died in freezing water.