A manslaughter investigation has been opened into the deaths of seven people onboard the superyacht which sank off the coast of Sicily, an Italian prosecutor said.
British tech mogul Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter Hannah were among those recovered after the sinking of the Bayesian near Porticello at round 5am local time on Monday.
Ambrogio Cartosio, public prosecutor of nearby town Termini Imerese, said in a press conference at the town’s court today that his office has opened an initial investigation into manslaughter, according to a translation.
Mr Cartosio said the sinking could be caused by ‘behaviours that were not in order’.
He also said that investigators were not excluding other lines of enquiry.
He added that they are conducting an investigation against unknown persons.
One reporter asked why most of the crew left the boat while a number of guests still remained, when the usual practice when there is an emergency …