Italian prosecutors Ambrogio Cartosiowho investigates the wreck of the luxury ship last Monday The ‘Bayesian’ sailboat In which seven people including a British magnate died mike lynch, Does not exclude any hypothesis behind the tragedy and sees it as “fundamental” to retrieve the boat from the sea in order to clear everything. In fact, the prosecutor has said that crimes of wrongful shipwreck and several wrongful murders are being raised.
“A serious development of the investigation is fundamentally based on the recovery of the sailboat. If we do not recover it and examine it carefully, it will be difficult for us to establish possible responsibilities for what happened,” he said at a press conference.
Prosecutor Cartosio, who has so far remained silent amid criticism from the press for his lack of information, has confirmed that its investigation found wrongdoings in the shipwreck and multiple murders,
Nobody has been charged at this point, not even the captain, but they have pursued possible charges.”They are not entirely dependent on the recovery of the sailboat“But Other data and statements can be derived from
,He also told that Crew not required by law To Stay in Sicily But he expressed his wish that they should not accept this and go away from here. So far they’ve been “very cooperative”,
No hypothesis was ruled out
The investigation is currently in its “preliminary” stage and, therefore, prosecutors have yet to pursue it. They exclude “absolutely nothing”,
In this sense, Cartosio believed that the tragedy “would be even more painful” if it were not proven to be caused by negligent actions “due to behavior consistent with the responsibility of navigation.”
Chronology of a disaster
The ‘Bayesian’ boat‘ drowned off the coast of the Sicilian town of Porticello on Monday night in the midst of a strong storm Seven of the ship’s 22 passengers died in the crash.These include British computer legend Mike Lynch.
The merchant passed through these beautiful waters with your family and friends a few days off and holidays, then He was acquitted after a long judicial process In June.
British businessman Mike Lynch and his daughter, Hannah Lynch, pose for a photo in this undated file image.
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However, in the middle of the night, a Downburst, very cold wind gustgot on the boat, His ship was destroyed in a matter of minutes,
Fifteen people were rescued from the waterOf these Lynch’s WifeAngela Bekeres, yacht owner, as well as the captain himselfNew Zealander James Catfield, All were brought ashore by Italian emergency teams,
The next morning the body of the ship’s cook, Canadian Thomas Recaldo, was found. This was the first confirmed death but six others were still missing, Starting with Lynch himself and his daughter HannahHe is only 18 years old.
The remaining four are missing They were friends of the merchant: his attorney, Chris Morvillo, and his wife, Neda; and the president of Morgan Stanley International Bank, Jonathan Bloomer, and his wife, Judy.
“They looked for areas with oxygen”
The next two days were focused on their search, with a complex apparatus that involved 123 dives inside the sailboat by firefighters to a depth of 50 meters.
The search ultimately ended with Six bodies were discovered inside the shipIn the rooms on the left side, probably because, when it sank from the stern and lay right side down, it was the last part with oxygen, as painted today by the commander of the firefighters, Bentivoglio Fiandra.
This was revealed by Raffaele Macouda, commander of the Palermo Coast Guard The first alert was received at 4:38 am. and defended that the safety device was immediately activated, saving fifteen people.
According to Deputy Prosecutor Raffaele Cammarano, airspouts caught the plane’s passengers asleep, but five bodies were found in a cabin that were not theirs, suggesting they tried in vain to save themselves.
A “fundamental” reflex
In any case, to clarify the matter Refloating the remains of the boat will be important. The prosecutor wanted to be very clear in that sense and, when asked by a British journalist if the investigation would not end before the water was pulled out, he replied in English “Of course.”
Regarding the future re-floating of the sailboat, the commander of the Palermo Coast Guard, Raffaele Macouda, defended that it cannot be predicted when this will happen and It could take months
Considering that the ship is 50 meters deep.Everything will depend on the speed with which the technical recovery plan is implemented in collaboration with the ship owner, which should also include the emptying of the fuel tanks.
“Only after the analysis of the ship We can really understand what happenedwhere water has entered, if water has entered in sufficient quantity to submerge it or if other elements actually intervened.that is the core of the investigation,” Cammarano concluded.