Sicily witnessed a tragedy on Monday, August 19, when the posh yacht Bayesian sank as a consequence of a waterspout, leading to what has been described as “an unbelievable story.” The yacht, carrying 22 passengers, noticed most rescued, however six have been confirmed lifeless, together with British expertise entrepreneur Mike Lynch. The final particular person nonetheless lacking is Lynch’s 18-year-old daughter, Hannah.
This incident raised issues from Giovanni Costantino, chief of The Italian Sea Group. Based on CNN, Costantino questioned how these on board failed to note the brewing storm and the problems with the supposedly “unsinkable ship.” He acknowledged, “The whole lot that occurred reveals a sequence of great errors. The passengers mustn’t have been within the cabins, and the boat mustn’t have been at anchor. Why didn’t the crew know concerning the incoming disturbance?”
Costantino additional famous that climate charts had already signaled the pure catastrophe, making it arduous to know how the passengers have been caught off guard. “The passengers reported that the storm got here unexpectedly, however that’s not true. The whole lot was predictable. I’ve the climate charts in entrance of me. Nothing got here immediately,” he mentioned. He additionally identified that the absence of fishermen within the space ought to have been a transparent warning signal.
A fisherman, Pietro Asciutto, who witnessed the sinking, shared his perspective in line with the Washington Put up . “I used to be at residence when the twister hit. I instantly closed all of the home windows,” he mentioned. He continued, “Then I noticed the boat— it had just one mast, and it was very giant. I noticed it sink immediately… The boat was nonetheless floating, after which, immediately, it disappeared.”
This tragedy follows the revelation that the late Mike Lynch, who owned Bayesian , had listed the yacht on the market in March for £30 million (roughly $39 million USD), in line with the Telegraph. He later reconsidered and eliminated it from the market to set sail in the summertime, with plans to relist it within the fall.
Based on PEOPLE, the passengers on board have been celebrating Lynch’s latest acquittal in a monetary fraud trial within the U.S. An insider shared, “That’s why he took his closest pals and colleagues on the journey.”