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3.3 Synoptic Time Schedule
The cells in the synoptic time schedule are connected to a time line. One standard cell
represents just one minute. Is a range of time under consideration, some standard cells are
joined to larger cell. For Example: A witness testifies “It was about 11:45 pm.”. Then, a
few standard cells before and after the exact time were added to the standard cell to
comply with the statement “about”. Or a witness testifies: “I looked on my watch and it
was 01:31am.” In this case one standard cell represents this exact point in time.
To make the synoptic time schedule clearly laid out, colours are used to identify the
different incidents in this sinking sequence more easily.
The key of the used colours are shown in Figure 2.1.
Colour
Key
Beginning of disaster, bangs
List of about 15°
List of about 20°...35°
List of about 40°...50°
List of about 60°...80°
List of about nearly 90°...90°
List >90° / information about final sinking
Figure 3.1: Table of Key: Colours in Synoptic Time Schedule
The colours are used in two different ways. Firstly the whole cell – standard or joined – is
filled with the relevant colour. This means, that the whole range of the cell is connected
to a certain time and therefore more meaningful. Secondly exclusively the letters are
coloured. This is the case when it is testified just a part of a action or a sequence
corresponds to a certain time. This is for the evaluation less meaningful.
The listed testimonies in the Figure 2.2 are the relevant extracts of the as relevant
regarded witnesses and not the complete testimonies. This is done for reasons of
clearness.
All statements in the testimonies are in Estonian time or converted to Estonian time.