Tweet Facebook Mail Prosecutors in Italy said on Saturday they have opened an investigation into shipwreck and manslaughter after a superyacht capsized during a storm off the coast of Sicily, killing seven people onboard . Termini Imerese prosecutor Ambrogio Cartosio confirmed the investigation but said no suspect is currently identified. "We are only in the initial phase of the investigation.
We can't exclude any sort of development at present," he told reporters at a news conference. READ MORE: Second earthquake hits NSW upper hunter region Termini Imerese prosecutor Ambrogio Cartosio confirmed the investigation but said no suspect is currently identified. (BBC) The main question investigators are focusing on is how a sailing vessel deemed "unsinkable" by its manufacturer, Italian shipyard Perini Navi, sank while a nearby sailboat remained largely unscathed.
Rescuers on Friday brought ashore the last of seven bodies from the sinking of The Bayesian, a 56-metre British-flagged luxury yacht that went down in a storm near the Mediterranean island in southern Italy early on Monday. The sailboat was carrying a crew of 10 people and 12 passengers. The body was believed to be that of Hannah Lynch, 18, the daughter of British tech magnate Mike Lynch.
His body was recovered on Thursday. READ MORE: Man accused of faking death and fleeing country to avoid rape charges Hannah Lynch and her father Mike Lynch (Lynch family) He had been celebrating his recent acquittal on fraud ch.