Posted on 05/03/2025 6:30:59 PM PDT by Libloather
Three crew members of the Bayesian superyacht are officially under investigation for crimes including negligence, recklessness and failing to save the ship from an oncoming storm, according to Italian prosecutors.
Captain James Cutfield, chief engineer Timothy Parker Eaton and deckhand Matthew Griffiths are in line to face criminal charges, according to the public prosecutor of Termini Imerese in Sicily, close to where the yacht sank amid a severe storm.
The potential charges were set out as rescue workers strive to raise the vessel, currently 50 meters (164 feet) below the surface, off the coast of Porticello.
Allegedly, “through negligence consisting of malpractice, recklessness and inexperience,” Griffiths, who was on the night watch at the time, “did not realize … that the boat had taken on water,” according to the prosecutor’s decree, obtained exclusively by The Post.
Griffiths and Eaton allegedly did not “promptly warn” Cutfield or “take measures to deal with the emergency,” while Cutfield did not notify passengers that there was “the danger of impending shipwreck,” according to the decree.
There were 10 crew members and 12 guests onboard the “unsinkable” ship — seven of whom died when it rapidly plunged to the bottom of the sea on the night of August 19, 2024, during a freak storm.
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The “authorities” are going to use Bayesian Analysis?
Sounds like an antifa operation...
All those important financiers, etc... on board...
Allahu Ackbar???
I just looked up that term and now I feel like I know even less than before I looked it up. No wonder I never majored in statistics.
Wasn’t it supposed to be just a three hour tour?
You can get her on the cheap!
From what I hear, that should buff right out.
70% of all water deaths/drownings involve the lack of flotation devices or the improper use of flotation devices.
Hubris: the boat is unsinkable.
Me: A ferry boat captain (9th anniversary this year) on an alpine lake at 7,700’ with ocean-like conditions (4’-6’ whitecaps), predictably occurring, almost every afternoon.
On one occasion, during a violent thunderstorm, I had 35 passengers under my responsibility, wherein I conducted an evacuation from one shore of the lake to the other shore, evading the storm until reaching the intended destination, taking an hour to cross the lake, due to the weight constraints, where upon at arrival, all hell broke loose.
Beware, is - to - be - aware.
I warned them the weighted factors were too heavy, but did they listen? Of course not!
10 crew/12 guests (big problems)
Me, 2 crew/34 guests. (no problems)
I’m reminded of the scuba diving boat with a large number of guests that perished when the boat caught fire. This happened near the Catalina Islands. All of the crew escaped. WTF!
Protect your charges!
“Protect your charges!”
Indeed. The first and main objective.
They never do. Never!
I know, right?
Captains have large privileges and large obligations.
NOT an easy position.
I’m also a former parachute rigger, US Army heavy drop, up to 38,000lbs, and US Air Force, F-4s, and F-16s (ejection systems).
Tremendous satisfaction in running a boat, wide open... across an alpine lake.
My boat would take a concerted effort to sink, but a fire would change the dynamics instantly. Ever vigilant.
How suite it was.
Are they looking for scapegoats?
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