Sequence of events when stabilisatorfenan on the starboard side torn off.
1. Here begins the M / S Estonia taking in water after stabilisatorfenan worn away.
2. The water flows into.
3. The water flows into.
4. The water fills up the engine room more and more.
5. Thanks to the wall (red line) can not drain the water against the bow without filling up the rear of the ship.
6. Now the stern bogged down, it's over.

1. Green ring, this water begins to gush out.
2. More and more water flows into.
3. The water blocked by the wall to bow cabins.
4. The water runs aft.
5. The ship is now starting to sink in the stern. Eventually, the slope gets so large the vehicles on the car deck loose from their lashings and starts to slide backwards. Cargo movement helps M/S Estonia sinks faster.
6. Now the stern soon hits the bottom but the bow remains above water, it means that the water that lowered the M/S Estonia came in behind the bow cabins, bow cabs were air-filled otherwise the bow could not float, Archimedes principle.