Italian Authorities Open Manslaughter Investigation in Yacht Disaster

NYT WORLD: Italian Authorities Open Manslaughter Investigation in Yacht Disaster
By Emma Bubola and Jeffrey Gettleman
Section: World
Source: New York Times
Published Date: August 24, 2024 at 03:00AM

A prosecutor involved in the inquiry into the sinking said it was “plausible” that crimes were committed during the accident.

Prosecutors in Italy have opened a manslaughter investigation after a superyacht capsized off the coast of Sicily, killing seven people on board. Ambrogio Cartosio, a prosecutor in the town of Termini Imerese, said on Saturday that no suspect has currently been identified in the incident. KEEP READING list of 3 items list 1 of 3 Last body from superyacht sinking off Sicily found: Italian coastguard list 2 of 3 How did the superyacht carrying tech tycoon Mike Lynch sink off Sicily? list 3 of 3 Divers search Sicily yacht wreck with UK tech boss among the six missing end of list Seven people, including UK tech tycoon Mike Lynch, were killed in the sinking of the Bayesian, a 56m (184-foot) British-flagged luxury yacht that went down in a storm early on Monday. The vessel was carrying 12 passengers and 10 crew members. 

The public prosecutor’s office in Termini Imerese has filed a case “against unknown persons, hypothesising the crimes of negligent shipwreck and multiple negligent manslaughter”, Cartosio told reporters. “We are only in the initial phase of the investigation. We can’t exclude any sort of development at present,” he said. Investigators are baffled that a yacht deemed “unsinkable” by its Italian manufacturer Perini sank while a nearby sailboat remained largely unscathed.

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