After the sinking of the mega yacht Bayesian off the coast of Sicily, many questions remain unanswered. One of them: How did the 56-meter-long ship sink so quickly? A surveillance camera shows that the yacht was swallowed by the sea in just 60 seconds.
On Monday morning, Sicily was hit by a heavy storm. The Bayesian, anchored half a mile offshore, was reportedly hit by a waterspout. Eyewitnesses reported that the 75-meter-high mast broke. Of the 22 people on board, 15 were pulled from the water alive; so far, only one body has been recovered.
Video shows: “Nothing could be done to the boat”
A video from a surveillance camera in a villa captured the last moments of the luxury ship. What is astonishing is how quickly the floating vessel became a predator of the sea. “In just sixty seconds you see the ship disappear. Of the twenty cameras installed in the house, only one was not disturbed by wind and rain. You can clearly see what is happening. Nothing could be done to the boat. It disappeared in a very short time,” the owner of the property told Italian media.
Hull intact – how did water get into the ship?
Another observation raises questions: “The information we are getting from the divers shows that the ship is lying intact on its side on the bottom,” Matthew Schanck, chairman of the Maritime Search and Rescue Council, explained to the BBC. How could there be no hull leak if there was not so much water entering the ship?
The high temperatures could have contributed to the accident, suggests Sam Jefferson of the magazine ‘Sailing Today’. The day before the ship sank, temperatures were said to have been above 30 degrees, so passengers probably opened the windows at night to let in cooler air.
The water could have entered through open hatches and doors
“I assume the boat was hit very hard by the wind and was pushed on its side,” Jefferson said. “With the hatches and doors open, the boat filled with water very quickly and sank.” The enormous mast (the tallest aluminum mast in the world) may have prevented the boat from righting itself quickly, leading to the flooding. “It’s all speculation, but that’s the only logical explanation,” the editor said.
Meanwhile, the search for the six missing people continues. In order for divers to be able to enter the ship, a three-centimeter thick window was opened from the outside. The tool for this was specially made for this purpose. However, the rescue services have not yet succeeded in entering the cabins: numerous obstacles block the way and the narrow spaces pose an additional problem. So far, divers have only been able to search a few rooms under the command bridge. The ship lies at a depth of 50 meters – which poses additional challenges for the divers.
British technology entrepreneur Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter Hannah are missing. Morgan Stanley International President Jonathan Bloomer, as well as Lynch’s company CEO Chris Morvillo and his wife Nada, have not yet been rescued. So far, only the body of the cook has been discovered on board.
Source: Krone
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