Newly released video footage of the sunken luxury yacht Bayesian, taken by marina divers, proves the following: the stern door and watertight hatch leading to the engine room were closed when the ship sank. The question of why the yacht was able to fill with water so quickly remains unanswered.
The video recordings were broadcast on Monday evening in the program ‘Quarta Repubblica’ on the Italian TV channel Rete 4. It proves what the skipper of another yacht that was nearby during the accident had already explained: all hatches were closed when the Bayesian sank during a storm on August 19.
The well-known hypothesis is now finally off the table
The footage, currently being examined by the Public Prosecution Service in the Sicilian town of Termini Imerese, which is investigating the case, confirms that the rear door was closed when it sank, as was the watertight door leading to the engine room. These circumstances rule out the hypothesis that water entered through these entrances while the ship was at the mercy of a strong cyclone, as initially suspected.
The only possibility is that the air intakes and portholes were open, but that would not justify such a sudden sinking or a power failure in the ship’s control systems. Divers also recovered hard drives, cell phones and other computer equipment from the ship.
Seven people died in luxury yacht
The Bayesian sank during a heavy, sudden storm off the port of Porticello, near Palermo, the capital of the Italian island of Sicily. The ship was owned by the Isle of Man-based company Revtom Limited, which in turn is owned by Angela Bacares, the widow of British billionaire Mike Lynch. Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter Hannah, along with five other people, died in the shipwreck. Bacares was able to save himself.
Source: Krone
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