Italian prosecutor opens manslaughter inquiry in Lynch yacht sinking

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Italian prosecutor opens manslaughter inquiry in ****** yacht sinking

An Italian Coast Guard vessel and rib during search operations for the luxury yacht Bayesian which sank off the coast of Porticello, Sicily, on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024.

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An Italian prosecutor has opened a manslaughter investigation into the deaths of British tech magnate Mike ****** and six other people who were ******* when a luxury yacht sank off Sicily this week.

The public prosecutor’s office of Termini Imerese, headed by Ambrogio Cartosio, announced the investigation, saying the probe was not aimed at any individual person.

******’s 18-year-old daughter, Hannah, was also among those who ***** when the family’s 56-metre-long (184-foot) boat, the Bayesian, capsized during a fierce, pre-dawn storm on Monday off Porticello, near Palermo.

Fifteen people survived, including ******’s wife, whose company owned the Bayesian, and the yacht’s captain.

Mike ******, man once dubbed ‘Britain’s Bill Gates,’ ***** at age 59

The captain James Cutfield and the other survivors have been questioned by the coast guard on behalf of prosecutors. None of them have commented publicly on how the ship went down.

Hannah ******’s body was discovered on Friday by divers who scoured the submerged vessel for the past five days. The five other ***** passengers were recovered on Wednesday and Thursday, while the body of the only crew member who *****, onboard chef Recaldo Thomas, was found on Monday.

The sinking has puzzled naval marine experts who say a boat like the Bayesian, built by Italian high-end yacht manufacturer Perini, should have withstood the storm and in any case should not have sunk as quickly as it did.

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