Ansa news agency and La Repubblica newspaper reported that an investigation into manslaughter and negligence of the shipwreck was underway. The captain was questioned for the second time in a week on Sunday.
British billionaire Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter, as well as two married couples of friends and the ship’s cook, died in the accident last Monday. 15 people were saved.
According to the researchers, the yacht was hit by a water whirlwind around 4:00 a.m. morning She sank within minutes. It is believed that the dead were caught sleeping in their cabins and did not manage to escape.
During the latest interrogation, the captain was reportedly asked, among other things, whether the doors and hatches were open at the time of the accident and when the danger was declared. The aim is to find out if the ship’s side doors were left open by mistake. This could explain why so much water entered the yacht in such a short time, causing it to sink quickly.
Investigators are also interviewing other crew members. It is not ruled out that an investigation will be launched against several of them.
An intensive search for missing people after the tragedy ended on Friday. Divers found the last body of 18-year-old H. Lynch.
Of the 22 passengers and crew on board, 15 people survived, including a one-year-old child and Lynch’s mother, Angela Bacares. Morgan Stanley International chairman Jonathan Bloomer, his wife Judy Bloomer, Clifford Chance lawyer Chris Morvillo, his wife Neda Morvillo, and Recaldo Thomas, the ship’s cook, died when the Bayesian sank.
According to Italian media, the yacht’s passengers were Mr. Lynch’s guests. The businessman was on board with family, friends, colleagues and lawyers to celebrate his acquittal in the multibillion-dollar fraud trial.
Mr Lynch was acquitted in June of fraud charges in the US in connection with the sale of his software company Autonomy to Hewlett-Packard. He was accused of falsifying documents and misrepresenting his company’s turnover.
2024-08-27 13:58:29