He is under investigation for shipwreck e multiple murder negligent the Bayesian commander, James Cutfield, the sailing ship that sank last Monday in Porticello, in the Palermo area. Seven people died in the accident. The online edition of. reported it this morning Republic. Cutfield was heard for two hours by the magistrates of the Termini Imerese prosecutor's office on Sunday 25 August.
And after the interview at the prosecutor's office, Cutfield received the invitation to appoint a defense lawyer. The experts' belief is that, even in the presence of extreme weather conditions, the Bayesian should not have sunk. The circle of investigators then tightens on possible chain of human errors which, together with the wind trumpet – so-called downburst – would have sunk the Bayesian. Autopsies on the victims' bodies are expected to begin next week after notification of the warrants.
In addition to Cutfield, there will probably also be among the recipients of the warnings his deputy andman who was on the bridge when the storm broke out, which would have had to be given the alarm to passengers.
Bayesian, doubts about open doors
Now, among the main issues that the magistrates will have to resolve, explains the Corriere della Sera, there is the question of side doors, perhaps remained open. In fact the sailing ship was considered unsinkable if everything had been closed. One wonders what was left open: which door, that is, caused this 56-metre sailing yacht, among the largest in the world, to sink from the stern.
The question of the doors and the centerboard, in fact, are fundamental to the investigation because the boat could sink from the stern only by taking on tons of water, say experts, such as Franco Romani from the Perini Navi design office: “Ten boats in total, therefore a more than consolidated line”. “Boats that can do anything – he says – My personal interpretation is that they left the side door open. If you close everything, the water won't get in: in extreme conditions, the boat can roll as much as it wants, but it won't sink. For this reason I believe that the side door, the one used to go out with the tender and for diving, remained open. There is a margin of 60 centimeters: when the boat listed, tons of water entered and ended up invading the engine room, if, as I think, that too was left open – he adds – And there was no nothing left to do."
Bayesian, doubts about the missed weather warning
Another question that investigators will have to ask is the position of everyone who was on board: why out of 10 crew members only one died while six of the 12 passengers died? Was the crew already on deck aware of the storm and didn't raise the alarm to those who were still sleeping in their cabin?
The nine members of the crew are still in the Domina-Zagarella hotel in Santa Flavia (Palermo). The hotel managers have received no information on the stay of the nine after the six passengers of the Bayesian, including the official owner, on Saturday Angela Barcares, wife of tycoon Mike Lynch and mother of Hannah, both of whom died in the shipwreck, left the Zagarella to board a private jet and reach London.
