The British-flagged sailing ship sank off Porticello, a coastal town 15 km from Palermo, after being hit by a waterspoutthe Italian coast guard reported. At least 15 people were rescued, one died and six are missing.
According to media reports, the yacht sank after passing through a waterspout, a phenomenon that has been increasingly observed in Europe in recent years. “This morning at around 05:00 (03:00 GMT), after a violent storm“A 56-metre sailing vessel, named ‘Bayesian’ and flying the British flag, sank off Porticello,” the Italian coastguard said in a statement.
This type of boat has a aluminum main mast considered the highest in the world, at 75 meters. According to witnesses, theThe storm would have broken the characteristic element and this would have caused the boat to become unbalanced and cause the shipwreck.
There were 22 people on board the luxury vessel, including 10 crew members, the coast guard said. The twelve passengers were mostly British.according to Italian media.
Fifteen people were rescued and seven were initially reported missing.including one crew member and six passengers of British, American and Canadian nationality. Morgan Stanley International Chairman of the Board of Directors, Jonathan Bloomer and his wife are among those wanted so far. Bloomer, 70, has headed several financial services organizations over his decades-long career and was considered a highly experienced executive.
Another of the recognized figures involved in the event is the British technology magnate Mike Lynchof which No clues have been found so farHis wife, Angela Bacares, was rescued.
The passengers were Lynch’s guests., He invited them to celebrate his acquittal in a trial in the United States for massive fraudItalian media reported. His daughter Hannah is one of those missing.
The body of one of the missing was found in the wreck of the sailboatlocated at a depth of 50 metres, and was recovered. Eight shipwrecked people were taken to local hospitals.
Charlotte, a 35-year-old British passenger, said she lost her one-year-old daughter “for two seconds” in the water before she was recovered. “I hugged her immediately in the middle of the waves. Many people were screaming. Fortunately, the lifeboat was inflated and 11 of us got on board,” she told the Ansa news agency.
“We were the first to arrive to help, but we didn’t find anyone in the sea, we only found pillows and the remains of the boat, so we immediately called the port,” Fabio Cefalù, a fisherman who saw the meteorological phenomenon approaching “around 3:30 a.m.,” told AFP.
Authorities continue with the investigation to clarify the factsin charge of the judicial authority of Termini Imerese.
Source: Ambito
