Sicily. Death of a billionaire, his daughter and five other people. “Łódź had flaws”

In August off the coast of Palermo Italy a tornado appeared. A yacht with 22 people on board, moored in the Mediterranean Sea at the time, sank. The services managed to save 15 of them, the remaining seven died. The victims included billionaire Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter Hannah.

On Thursday, “NYT” wrote that “changes to the original structure, especially the replacement of two masts with one 72 m long, may have contributed to the sinking of the yacht.” “The boat had flaws that made it extremely vulnerable to such an accident,” Tad Roberts, who has been designing yachts for decades, told the American daily.

As the daily writes, the modification introduced by the original owner – replacing two lower masts with one very high one – could have significantly influenced the center of gravity of the yacht. According to the daily, the tall and heavy mast could catch the wind even without the sails set, and a strong side gust would cause it to tilt suddenly.

“As a result, the Bayesian could take in up to a ton of water per second through a hole in the engine room,” said Spanish ship engineers for the NYT. According to the newspaper, the data shows that if the boat had two masts rather than one, its heel of up to 10 degrees would be safer than with one mast.

The investigation into the causes of the sinking of the yacht is still ongoing. It will take place not only in Italy. The British coroner officially opened the proceedings in early October. Initially, it was suspected that the crew may not have closed hatches or watertight doors before the storm. However, according to information provided by divers participating in the rescue operation, they were closed.