Initial results of autopsies conducted on four of the people who died on board the Bayesian superyacht revealed the victims may have died of suffocation as opposed to drowning. The four victims had little to no water in their lungs and stomach, suggesting that they suffocated to death, a so-called “dry drowning,” Italian newspaper La … Read more
By Staff The Associated Press Posted August 26, 2024 3:16 pm Updated August 26, 2024 3:54 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Prosecutors in Italy are investigating the captain of a superyacht that sank during a storm off Sicily last week, killing seven people, on possible charges including manslaughter, … Read more
The 184-foot the Bayesian superyacht sank off the coast of Sicily Monday, taking seven people down with it including a billionaire tech CEO and his young daughter. What may seem like a tragic act of God might actually be the result of a string of very bad decisions, and Italian officials are investigating the sinking … Read more
Italian prosecutors are reportedly looking into laying manslaughter charges in the fatal sinking of the superyacht Bayesian as a final body, believed to be that of 18-year-old Hannah Lynch, was recovered from the wreckage. The Italian coast guard said Thursday that it discovered the bodies of five people, including the remains of British tech magnate … Read more
Divers searching the wreck of a superyacht that sank off Sicily found four bodies Wednesday, as the search continued for two more missing passengers and questions intensified about why the vessel sank so quickly. Divers and rescue crews unloaded two body bags from the rescue vessels that pulled into port at Porticello. Salvatore Cocina, head … Read more
Search efforts resumed Tuesday for six people who went missing off the coast of Sicily when the luxury superyacht they were travelling in sank in the early hours of the morning Monday. Divers in wetsuits and oxygen tanks returned to the site off Porticello, near Palermo, to tag-team in 12-minute underwater search shifts where the … Read more
One person is dead and six others missing after a luxury superyacht was struck by a violent storm off the coast of Sicily on Monday, officials confirmed. The vessel, a 56-metre-long British-flagged sailboat named “Bayesian,” went down off the Sicilian capital Palermo with 22 people on board shortly before sunrise, the Italian coast guard said … Read more
