Bayesian sinking, captain investigated: all the doubts about the night of the sinking

This Monday, a week after the sinking of the Bayesian, the prosecutor of Termini Imerese Ambrogio Cartosio and the deputy Raffaele Cammarano should communicate to the captain of the vessel that sank in front of Porticello, Sicily, that he is officially under investigation. Sunday James Cutfield he was questioned for two hours and was asked to appoint a lawyer, which means he is under investigation. The charges would be shipwreck and multiple manslaughter.

Autopsies and investigations

Autopsies are expected to be performed this week on the seven victims of the Bayesian sinking. As a defendant, he can appoint expert witnesses even the 51-year-old New Zealand skipper and any other crew members who may be under investigation will be able to do so. Everyone was saved except the cook Thomas Recaldo who lost his life along with six of the yacht’s guests.

The bodies of Jonathan Bloomer, president of Morgan Stanley International, and lawyer Chris Morvillo are already at the Institute of Forensic Medicine of the Policlinico of Palermo. The other victims among the passengers are Judith Elizabeth Bloomer and Neda Morvillo, wives of the first two, Mike Lynchowner of the boat and daughter Hannah.

Departure of the survivors

The six surviving passengers left Saturday on a private jet organized by Lynch’s widow, Angela Bacares. The crew remains at the Domina Zagarella hotel in Santa Flavia. They are not obliged to remain in Italy, but they do not have the documents that remained on the ship. For the passengers, an agreed-upon departure was possible even without passports, but for the crew it might not be so easy.

The Commander’s Tale

In the last interrogation by a person informed of the facts, the commander would have spoken of all the open points in the reconstruction of the night. The investigation needs the reconstruction of the 32 minutes that passed from when the sailing vessel began to take on water to the firing of the emergency rocket. We are between four and four forty in the morning of Monday 19 August.

First of all, we look at the position of the driftthe perpendicular wing in the lowest part of the hull. When lowered, it brings stability to the boat because it causes the draft, that is, the extension of the surface immersed in the water of a hull, to increase more. It would have been partially raised: four meters instead of seven and a half meters.

The other point is the side door of the tender which would have remained open. According to many experts, if the vessel had been completely closed, it would not have been possible for it to sink because the boat would not have taken on water.

Lastly, there is the question of the timing of the alarm after the worsening of the weather. The commander has repeatedly said that there were no weather alerts and therefore he would not have had any particular concerns. Raffaele Macauda, ​​commander of the Coast Guard of Palermo, confirm to Evening Courier: «The Meteomar (of the Air Force, ed.) that day, from midnight on August 19th until the following twelve hours, predicted isolated thunderstorms and good visibility in the area. This means that, apart from extreme events, there were no storm warnings. However, none of the fishermen in the area went out to sea that evening.