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Seven people are confirmed dead.
'Italian prosecutors have begun an official investigation of James Cutfield, captain of the super yacht belonging to British tech magnate Mike Lynch that sank off Sicily killing its owner and six others, Italian media said on Monday.
Reuters was not able to independently verify the decision. Being placed under investigation in Italy does not imply guilt and does not mean formal charges will necessarily follow.
A 51-year old New Zealand national, Cutfield is being investigated for manslaughter and shipwreck, the dailies La Repubblica and Corriere della Sera said.
While the yacht had been hit by a very sudden meteorological event, it was plausible that crimes of multiple manslaughter and causing a shipwreck through negligence had been committed, the head of the public prosecutor’s office of Termini Imerese, Ambrogio Cartosio, said on Saturday.
Maritime law gives a captain full responsibility for the ship and the crew, as well as the safety of all aboard.
Cutfield and his eight surviving crew have made no public comment yet on the disaster.'
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Here's the full 90 minute Press Conference yesterday by Ambrogio Cartosio the Italian Prosecutor for this case.
Youtube has an auto-translate into English in its closed captions options.
This Daily Mail UK Article is an excellent starting point.
Although the much publicised waterspout claims have now morphed into just a thunderstorm downburst.
Along with initial reports that the yacht went down in 60 seconds, being debunked by later reports that the AIS data shows that the sinking took 16 minutes.
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'Experts told the Mail that it is fairly standard for the keel not to be fully lowered while a ship is at anchor, but with storms forecast and portholes reportedly left open, it raises questions over the cause of the tragedy.
Prosecutors are seeking to speak with the ships' designers, after captain James Cutfield was questioned for two hours on Wednesday.
The company which manufactured the boat has now claimed human error was to blame.'
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'This was human error, the yacht sank because it took on water. From where exactly the investigators will tell us. The dynamic of the sinking is seen and read from AIS (Automatic Identification System) data and lasted sixteen minutes.
We have given this data to the prosecutors at Termini Immerse.
From the images it looks as if the yacht had been taking on water for four minutes.
'All it took was another gust of wind to turn her over, that meant more water coming in. She then straightened very briefly before going down.'
Of the 22 on board the yacht when it sank in the early hours of the morning on 19 August 2024, seven died.
Shortly before this boating tragedy, Mike Lynch was found not guilty in a long running San Francisco trial by jury wire fraud, securities fraud and conspiracy case.
In relation to this criminal case, there was also a 2019 related parallel London successful civil action against Mike Lynch for fraud that Hewlett-Packard was successful with, with the resulting damages award still not resolved as at the time of Mike Lynch's death ($5 Billion was claimed).
'Italian prosecutors have begun an official investigation of James Cutfield, captain of the super yacht belonging to British tech magnate Mike Lynch that sank off Sicily killing its owner and six others, Italian media said on Monday.
Reuters was not able to independently verify the decision. Being placed under investigation in Italy does not imply guilt and does not mean formal charges will necessarily follow.
A 51-year old New Zealand national, Cutfield is being investigated for manslaughter and shipwreck, the dailies La Repubblica and Corriere della Sera said.
While the yacht had been hit by a very sudden meteorological event, it was plausible that crimes of multiple manslaughter and causing a shipwreck through negligence had been committed, the head of the public prosecutor’s office of Termini Imerese, Ambrogio Cartosio, said on Saturday.
Maritime law gives a captain full responsibility for the ship and the crew, as well as the safety of all aboard.
Cutfield and his eight surviving crew have made no public comment yet on the disaster.'
New Zealand skipper under investigation over fatal sinking of super yacht off Sicily
Italian media reported that 51-year-old New Zealand national James Cutfield was being investigated for manslaughter and shipwreck.
Youtube has an auto-translate into English in its closed captions options.
This Daily Mail UK Article is an excellent starting point.
Although the much publicised waterspout claims have now morphed into just a thunderstorm downburst.
Along with initial reports that the yacht went down in 60 seconds, being debunked by later reports that the AIS data shows that the sinking took 16 minutes.
Why did the Bayesian capsize? Unearthed clip shows what SHOULD happen
Italian prosecutors will now look to explain why the Bayesian sank when other nearby boats managed to stay afloat during the freak storm.
'Experts told the Mail that it is fairly standard for the keel not to be fully lowered while a ship is at anchor, but with storms forecast and portholes reportedly left open, it raises questions over the cause of the tragedy.
Prosecutors are seeking to speak with the ships' designers, after captain James Cutfield was questioned for two hours on Wednesday.
The company which manufactured the boat has now claimed human error was to blame.'
...
'This was human error, the yacht sank because it took on water. From where exactly the investigators will tell us. The dynamic of the sinking is seen and read from AIS (Automatic Identification System) data and lasted sixteen minutes.
We have given this data to the prosecutors at Termini Immerse.
From the images it looks as if the yacht had been taking on water for four minutes.
'All it took was another gust of wind to turn her over, that meant more water coming in. She then straightened very briefly before going down.'
Of the 22 on board the yacht when it sank in the early hours of the morning on 19 August 2024, seven died.
- British Tech Entrepreneur Billionaire Genius Mike Lynch OBE & his 19yo daughter (Hannah Lynch)
- Morgan Stanley chairman Jonathan Bloomer & his wife Judith Bloomer
- Clifford Chance lawyer Christopher Morvillo & his wife Neda Morvillo
- Canadian-Antiguan national Recaldo Thomas (yacht chef)
Shortly before this boating tragedy, Mike Lynch was found not guilty in a long running San Francisco trial by jury wire fraud, securities fraud and conspiracy case.
In relation to this criminal case, there was also a 2019 related parallel London successful civil action against Mike Lynch for fraud that Hewlett-Packard was successful with, with the resulting damages award still not resolved as at the time of Mike Lynch's death ($5 Billion was claimed).
