Italian prosecutors say there is a good chance crimes were committed before the sinking of a luxury yacht off Sicily. UK tech mogul Mike Lynch and banker Jonathan Bloomer lost their lives, along with five others. Italian investigators are probing the the sinking of the 56-meter-long (184-foot), UK-flagged superyacht Bayesian , the head of the public prosecutor's office in Palermo's Termini Imerese , Ambrogio Cartosio, announced on Saturday.
Cartosio said the investigation was not aimed at any individual but that it was "plausible" that multiple crimes may have been committed relating to manslaughter and negligence in the pre-dawn sinking that killed seven people including: UK tech enterpreneur Mike Lynch, his 18-year-old daughter Hannah, Morgan Stanley banker Jonathan Bloomer and his wife, lawyer Chris Morvillo and his wife, and the ship's onboard cook. Though outside observers say the boat likely sank as the result of a weather anomaly such as a waterspout or a downburst, Cartosio suggested it could also have been the result of "behavior that was not aligned with the responsibilities that everyone needs to take while boating." Giovanni Costantino, CEO of the Italian Sea Group — the company that owns the yacht's manufacturer, Perini — ruled out design and construction issues as the reason for the unexpectedly quick capsizing and sinking of the vessel, pointing instead to a string of "indescribable, unreasonable errors" committed by the Bayesian's crew.
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