A new hypothesis regarding the scenario of the shipwreck that happened in Sicily on August 19, 2024 was put forward last Saturday by the fire chief of Palermo. Here's what we know about the last minutes before the victims died.
On August 19, 2024, the Bayesian sank off Sicily in a sudden storm. Twelve passengers and ten crew members were on board the 56-metre British-flagged yacht. Seven of them died in the sinking. An investigation was opened to establish the circumstances of the tragedy.
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The latest statements by the fire chief of Palermo, who spoke at a press conference on Saturday, offered a new hypothesis about the scenario of the sinking the Independent.
“Victims tried to find air pockets”
According to the firefighter, the boat “sinked back first before rolling onto its right side.” The victims “then attempted to move to the left side”, “on the high side of the boat, the one facing the surface”, “to take advantage of the existing air bags”. This hypothesis would explain the fact that the first five bodies were found “in the first cabin on the left, and the last – that of Hannah Lynch – in the 3rd cabin on the left.”
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“A Long Line of Mistakes”
Assumed the cause of the sinking, the head of the naval group The Italian Sea Group, owner of the Perini Navi shipyard that built the Bayesian, emphasized human error. “Everything that happened reveals a long series of errors. The passengers should not have been in the cabins, the ship should not have been anchored” in these weather conditions, he said.
since the shipwreck the body of wealthy British businessman Mike Lynchwas found by search teams. THE survivors of the tragedy in turn, they confiscated their traumatic story from the media.