Another victim’s body from the Bayesian shipwreck, the fifth one, has been located by the firefighters’ divers. Only one missing person remains unaccounted for. Three bodies have already been transferred to the dock and loaded onto ambulances. Now we await the completion of the recovery operations and the arrival of the other remains.
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An experienced commander, who has worked all his life on large vessels and knows the Mediterranean well. (ANSA)
After interviewing the captain of the Bayesian, James Cutfield, the prosecutors of Termini Imerese and the Coast Guard are now questioning the other crew members and surviving passengers. Their testimonies aim to reconstruct what happened during the sailboat’s shipwreck in the waters off Porticello. It remains to be clarified what caused the ship to sink in just a few minutes. Additional divers, including those who participated in the Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster search, have arrived to intensify the dives and reach the cabins located in the lower part of the hull.
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A new robot for underwater searches for the missing from the Bayesian
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An experienced commander, who has worked all his life on large vessels and knows the Mediterranean well. (ANSA)
The “robot” used for searches can operate up to a depth of 300 meters with an autonomy of 6 to 7 hours. The device deployed by the Coast Guard, equipped with advanced technology that allows for underwater investigation and detailed video and image recording, aims to provide useful and precise information to reconstruct the incident’s dynamics for the Public Prosecutor’s Office in Termini Imerese.
The wreck of the yacht, owned by British magnate Mike Lynch, who is among the missing along with his daughter Hannah, Morgan Stanley International president Jonathan Bloomer and his wife, and American lawyer Christopher Morvillo (Lynch’s legal counsel) with his wife, lies on the starboard side at a depth of about 50 meters. Preliminary external inspections reveal that the hull has no breaches, and the 75-meter-tall aluminum main mast remains intact.
Also drawing attention is the ship’s large, partially lifted centerboard due to being in the anchorage. Lifting the centerboard, about ten meters in the Bayesian’s case, aims to stabilize the vessel. The lifting of the centerboard may have contributed to the yacht’s rapid sinking, as seen from shoreline cameras, in just one minute.
Captain of the Bayesian Interrogated for Over Two Hours
According to ANSA, James Catfield, 51, the captain of the Bayesian sailboat that sank half a mile off Porticello (Palermo) just before dawn last Monday during a violent storm, was interrogated for over two hours.
The prosecutors of the Public Prosecutor’s Office in Termini Imerese, investigating the shipwreck, questioned him yesterday until late evening to reconstruct the dramatic phases of the sinking and gather technical details for the investigation. Interrogations continue today as magistrates interview all survivors at the Domina-Zagarella resort.
Bayesian: ‘Lynch’s Friend Evokes a Shakespearean Tragedy’
“A tragedy” worthy of William Shakespeare, the eminent English bard. That’s how entrepreneur Brent Hoberman describes the fate of Mike Lynch, missing with five others (including one of his daughters) in the sinking of his mega-yacht, Bayesian, off the coast of Sicily.
The sinking occurred during Lynch’s trip to celebrate his recent acquittal in a 12-year legal battle against the US tech giant Hewlett-Packard, a battle he won against all odds. Hoberman, a friend of Lynch for 28 years, recounts his friend’s character, revealing that years ago he asked him, just before his extradition to America, why he didn’t flee to a country without judicial agreements with Washington. “‘Because I am innocent,'” was his response, despite the very slim chances of acquittal at the time.
“What an odyssey,” Hoberman comments now, “this is a sort of Shakespearean tragedy for someone who spent 12 years of their life defending their name and, having just restored it, goes on a trip to celebrate with those who helped him (win the case), only to have his boat hit by a disaster that happens once in a million times.” An unjust fate, concludes the entrepreneur friend, now clinging to hope for “a spectacular second act” and praying for a miracle: “God, what a grand finale it would be.”
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