Bayesian captain James Catfield, 51,
a very experienced New Zealand-born sailor, is to be questioned
again amid the possibility of facing charges of negligent
manslaughter in failing to allegedly secure British tech tycoon
Mike Lynch's superyacht that sank in a freak windspout near
Palermo Monday killing seven people including 59-year-old Lynch
and his 18-year-old daughter Hannah, Termini Imerese prosecutor
Ambrogio Cartosio said Saturday.
"The commander of the Bayesian will not be able to leave Sicily
for the time being because he will have to be heard again," said
Cartosio.
Another prosecutor, Raffaele Cammarano, said that "it was a
sudden and abrupt event" that at the moment there is no
certainty that there is a black box and that it cannot be
confirmed whether the hatches were open.
Cammarano also reported that 'there was a crewman on the bridge
when the cloudburst occurred.
According to the fire brigade, the mega sailing ship sank from
the stern.
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