Superyacht sinking victims died of ‘dry drowning,’ initial autopsies find – National

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Superyacht sinking victims ***** of ‘dry drowning,’ initial autopsies find – National

Initial results of autopsies conducted on four of the people who ***** on board the Bayesian superyacht revealed the victims may have ***** of suffocation as opposed to drowning.

The four victims had little to no water in their lungs and stomach, suggesting that they suffocated to ******, a so-called “dry drowning,”

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The results seem to support the theory that the people who were found ***** still inside the shipwreck may have found an air pocket after the ship went down. The victims may have used up all the available oxygen in the air pocket and began to breathe in toxic carbon dioxide, resulting in suffocation before they could drown. More tests will be needed to confirm the theory, including toxicological screenings.

The autopsies were carried out earlier this week on the bodies of four of the people who were recovered from inside the hull of the Bayesian superyacht after it sank off the coast of Sicily, near Porticello: New York lawyer Chris Morvillo, his wife Neda, and Morgan Stanley executive Jonathan Bloomer and his wife Judith.

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In total, seven people ***** when the Bayesian went down in an August storm, including British tech tycoon Mike ****** and his 18-year-old daughter Hannah.

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****** had been celebrating his recent acquittal on ****** charges, stemming from Hewlett Packard’s US$11-billion acquisition of Autonomy, a business software firm he founded. Some of the people who had defended him at trial were also celebrating on the boat when it was likely struck by a waterspout, a tornado that forms over water, and sank.

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Fifteen people escaped the shipwreck and were rescued by a nearby sailboat, including ******’s wife, Angela Bacares. One person was found ***** immediately after the shipwreck — the yacht’s Antigua-born chef, Recaldo Thomas. Six other people were deemed missing, including ****** and his daughter, though Italian divers later recovered all of their bodies from inside the shipwreck.

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Five of the six bodies were found in a single room on the left side of the ship, believed to be the last part of the ship to flood. This room may have contained an air pocket that turned toxic once the victims used up all the oxygen, if officials’ hypothesis is correct.

Hannah was the only missing victim to not be found inside this room. She was in the cabin directly beside it,

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The remaining autopsies for ******, his daughter and the on-board cook Thomas are scheduled for Friday and Saturday.

These examinations are taking place as part of a ********* investigation into the captain of the Bayesian, James Cutfield, who is being investigated for possible manslaughter and culpable shipwreck. Under Italian law, being under investigation doesn’t imply any guilt, and doesn’t necessarily lead to ********* charges.

Investigators are focusing on how a sailing vessel deemed “unsinkable” by its manufacturer, Italian shipyard Perini Navi, sank while a nearby sailboat remained largely unscathed.

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