STOCKHOLM (AP) — Swedish authorities stated Friday they want extra data earlier than deciding whether or not to reopen the case of a 1994 ferry sinking within the Baltic that killed 852 folks, in one among Europe’s deadliest peacetime disasters at sea.

A TV documentary aired Sept. 28 on the M/S Estonia contains video photos from the wreck web site exhibiting a gap within the hull measuring four meters (13 ft) on the starboard facet.

In 1997, Sweden, Estonia and Finland concluded in a report that the ferry sank after the bow door locks failed in a storm. The report flatly rejected the speculation of a gap, which has lengthy been the main target of hypothesis a couple of attainable explosion on board, or collision with one other vessel.

“So as to have the ability to additional assess the relevance of the brand new movie materials and examine it with the 1997 report from the Joint Fee of Inquiry, extra paperwork must be collected and additional analyses carried out,” the Swedish Accident Investigation Authority stated Friday.

The authority additionally stated it wants surveys of the seabed circumstances on the web site and to make analyses of the ship’s hull construction and supplies “to evaluate the looks of the holes within the ship’s hull.”

It added that investigators have been given the chance to evaluate the unedited uncooked movie materials and have additionally inspected the ferry’s bow visor in Sweden.

In 1995, the three international locations agreed that the wreck is taken into account as a ultimate place of relaxation for victims of the catastrophe, and have to be revered. Some 758 our bodies stay entombed on the automotive ferry, which rests 80 meters (265 ft) underwater.