'Downburst' to blame for Bayesian sinking say authorities

(ANSA) - ROME, AUG 24 - The sinking of the Bayesian super-yacht off Sicily last Monday was due to a sudden and abrupt event called a downburst, prosecutors investigating the incident for possible negligent-manslaughter charges told a press conference Saturday.
    British tech tycoon Mike Lynch, his 18-year-old daughter Hannah and five others were killed when the yacht went down in a minute or so after being hit by a freak storm, according to a video of the event.
    A tornado-like waterspout was initially blamed but authorities now think a localised, very powerful extreme weather event called a downburst may have sunk the vessel.
    A downburst is a "violent phenomenon different from a tornado, with extremely strong winds whipping across a wide area, associated with intense rain and hail," said judicial authorities. (ANSA).