Palermo: Two Bodies Found from the Shipwreck – Search Continues

Developments in the Shipwreck Case off Palermo:

According to Reuters, two bodies were discovered by Italian coast guard authorities within the ship that had sunk and was lying 50 meters deep on the sea floor. The bodies have not yet been identified, and it remains to be determined which of the missing persons they belong to.

It is worth recalling that up until now, six of the 22 passengers remained missing, including tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch, his 18-year-old daughter Hannah Lynch, Jonathan Blumer, non-executive chairman of Morgan Stanley International, his wife Judy Blumer, lawyer Chris Morvillo of Clifford Chance who represented Lynch, and his wife Neda Morvillo.

Meanwhile, prosecutors from the Termini Imerese Prosecutor’s Office, who have launched an investigation into the shipwreck, reported that they interrogated the captain of the Bayesian, 51-year-old James Catfield, for more than two hours late into the night to piece together the dramatic phases of the shipwreck and gather technical details useful for the investigation.

#Porticello #Palermo, si sono concluse nella tarda sera di ieri e alle prime luci del giorno sono riprese le operazioni in mare: proseguono le ricerche dei 6 dispersi da parte dei #sommozzatori speleo dei #vigilidelfuoco [#21agosto 9:30] pic.twitter.com/mJhEJQQF2d

— Vigili del Fuoco (@vigilidelfuoco) August 21, 2024

Were Windows and Hatches Left Open by the Crew?

At the same time, the mystery surrounding the sinking of the luxury yacht Bayesian deepens, as even experts are struggling to explain how such a large, luxury yacht, reportedly equipped with top-level safety features, disappeared into the depths within minutes after being hit by severe weather early Monday morning.

The fact that another yacht, anchored near the superyacht just off the coast of Sicily, was unaffected by the storm raises even more questions.

According to the BBC, four British inspectors from the UK’s Marine Accident Investigation Branch have arrived in Sicily to conduct a preliminary assessment of the conditions surrounding the sinking. The team of British experts is working closely with Italian authorities, who are determined to discover the causes of the Bayesian’s rapid sinking. However, the current priority remains to locate the missing persons.

“Black Swan Event”

Matthew Sank, president of the Naval Research and Rescue Council, stated that the Bayesian fell victim to an extremely intense and rare weather phenomenon. “Looking at the extreme weather conditions, if it was a waterspout, as it seems to have been, I would categorize it as a black swan event” (i.e., an event that is extremely difficult to predict under normal circumstances, but in hindsight appears to have been inevitable), he told Reuters.

He expressed confidence that the authorities will go “all the way” in determining what caused the sinking, thanks to the accounts of the survivors, witnesses, and the examination of the ship, which appears to remain intact on the seabed.

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