talian authorities have opened an investigation into whether hatches
left open by crew members on tech tycoon Mike Lynch's superyacht caused
it to sink so dramatically. Luxury sailboat Bayesian was docked off the
coast of Porticello, near Palermo, Italy , when a 'whirlwind' hit the
area just before 5am on Monday morning, wrecking the boat and causing it
to rapidly sink. While 15 of the 22 people on board were rescued by
nearby ships, the yacht's chef tragically died while six people
including tech British billionaire Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter
Hannah remain missing, thought to be trapped in their cabins. One expert
at the scene said an early focus of the official investigation into the
tragedy, launched by prosecutors in nearby Termini Imerese, would be
whether the yacht's crew had closed access hatches into the vessel
before the storm struck. Investigators would look at whether appropriate
measures had been taken, given the forecasts for bad weather overnight,
and if any of the crew members are criminally liable.
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