Black box data reveals “16 minutes of hell” – the minutes he spent on board a luxury yacht owned by British IT mogul Mike Lynch. Battling a storm so severe that the anchor came loose before the boat capsized and sank to the bottom of the sea, seven people died and 15 survived.
Foreign news agencies reported on August 24, 2024 an update on the tragedy of the luxury yacht “Bayesian” of billionaire IT mogul Mike Lynch. It capsized and sank to the bottom of the sea. Off the coast of the Italian island of Sicily on August 19, 2024, causing one death, six missing and 15 survivors, before all the missing were found in the following days by Hannah Lynch, the young daughter of the missing 18-year-old Mike Lynch. Divers found the body of one person and the last gasping body was pulled from the bottom of the sea on August 23. Even created great grief
Italian police are investigating the data of the two black boxes to find out why the yacht “Baizian” capsized and sank to the bottom of the sea at a depth of 50 meters from the surface of the water in a short time after facing a heavy rainstorm while anchored off the coast of Porticello in Sicily.
Data recovered from the superyacht's black box Bayesian revealed the last 16 minutes before the yacht sank to the bottom of the sea, while the black box data, according to the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, revealed that the yacht began to shake violently at a dangerous level at around 3:50 am on Monday, August 19, local time. And just a few minutes later, the anchor fell.
A source close to the Italian investigators revealed that from the information it was found that there was no longer an anchor to hold the yacht at 3:59 a.m. after a rainstorm began to hit the yacht. The boat was then dragged about 358 meters by the wind and began to sink under the sea at 4:00 a.m. At 4:05 a.m., the luxury yacht Baez, carrying 22 passengers and crew, sank to the bottom of the sea. Six passengers and one crew member were trapped on board the yacht, while 15 others survived.
Then a distress signal was requested a minute later. So the Coast Guard near Porticello were mostly aware that something bad had happened.
Earlier, witnesses reported seeing the 246-foot yacht, Baezy, hit by a hurricane-level storm. Officials later described the event as a storm, and initially believed the yacht capsized and sank to the bottom of the sea around 5 a.m., but black box data indicated it sank to the bottom of the sea at 4:05 a.m., an hour earlier than expected.
Italian authorities, led by prosecutor Raffaele Cammarano, have begun investigating the luxury yacht disaster as a case of negligent homicide. Efforts are underway to determine whether the survivors were under the influence of alcohol or drugs before the yacht capsized.
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