The Estonian government says early indications are that a newly discovered hole in the hull of the ferry Estonia was not the cause of the 1994 sinking that killed 852 people.
A documentary broadcast last month featured underwater footage of the wreck, revealing a four-metre tear.
But a preliminary report into the new evidence did not change the conclusions of the official 1997 accident investigation that found the Estline vessel went down due to a problem with the bow door locking system after a door was ripped off in a storm.
