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Superyacht sinks latest: Underwater drone deployed to yacht; captain 'questioned for more than two hours'

Search efforts have entered a third day for six tourists missing after a yacht sank off the Sicily coast. The captain has reportedly been questioned by Italian prosecutors over the sinking. Experts hope air pockets may offer a chance of survival. Listen to a Daily podcast as you scroll.

Wednesday 21 August 2024 13:57, UK

• Superyacht sinking
• Search for six missing people enters third day after superyacht sinks off Sicily
• Advanced underwater drone deployed
• Yacht's captain questioned for more than two hours - report
• Missing's brother hopes air pockets offer chance for survival
• 'World of objects' stand in way of divers - as strategy formed
• Watch: CCTV captures yacht seconds before it sinks
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Naval architect and marine surveyor David Cannell believes the keel, the fin-like structure under the hull, could be key to why the yacht sank.

The Bayesian had a retractable keel - which helps stabilise boats and acts as a counterweight to the mast.

Experts have speculated whether the vessel was anchored with the keel up, reducing its depth under water from around 10m to 4m and making it less stable.

Speaking to Sky News, Mr Cannell says if the keel was lifted and the vessel had high wind on the mast, it's possible that “exceeded her stability parameters” because “she had no counterbalancing”.

 “Perhaps that's why she went over at near 90 degrees,” he says.

The yacht's captain was questioned for more than two hours by prosecutors who have opened an investigation into the shipwreck, according to reports.

James Cutfield, 51,  who is from New Zealand, was quizzed until late yesterday evening to help reconstruct what happened and provide useful technical details, reports the Italian news agency ANSA.

His brother Mark earlier told the New Zealand Herald he was a "very good sailor" and "very well respected" in the Mediterranean. 

Magistrates are said to be also questioning the survivors inside the Domina Zagarella hotel in Santa Flavia, where they are staying. 

Divers who took part in rescue missions during the Costa Concordia cruise ship tragedy have arrived in Porticello to aide the search for the six missing Bayesian tourists, reports Giornale Di Sicilia

Their expertise has been called upon to help open and inspect passenger cabins, where the tourists were thought to be trapped by furniture and other objects on board the yacht.

More than 4,000 passengers and crew were onboard the Costa Concordia when it struck rocks in January 2012, causing a 70-metre gash that allowed water to pour in.

The ship eventually capsized and came to rest on its side at a location known as Seagull Point, just outside the harbour on the island of Giglio, Italy.

Some 32 people died and 157 passengers suffered from post-traumatic stress.

The search for the six people still missing still feels like a rescue operation rather than a salvage operation, former Royal Navy submarine captain Ryan Ramsey tells Sky News.

He describes the "incredible pressure" at the site of the wreck, nearly 50m underwater, with the dark and cold further hampering the work of the divers.

"It's very risky," he says and believes the operation is moving into a different stage because the short spells by dive teams are not working.

Underwater drones have now been deployed (see post at 11.37am), which Mr Ramsey describes as "amazing pieces of technology".

He says while air pockets still provide hope that more survivors will be found the "build up of carbon dioxide that you're breathing out will eventually kill you". 

Images show boats carrying search and rescue crews returning to Porticello Harbour. 

Divers and underwater drones have been searching for the six missing people this morning. 

Meanwhile, a new picture of the Bayesian superyacht that sank on Monday has also emerged.

Another of the 15 survivors has been confirmed as Dutch national Tjis Koopmans.

Mr Koopmans, pictured in a white shirt leaving the coastguard headquarters on Monday, is thought to have been a member of the crew.

The yacht was carrying 10 crew members and 12 passengers when it capsized.

One crew member was confirmed dead: Chef Recaldo Thomas, a Canadian-Antiguan national.

Six passengers remain missing.

Divers have reached the area where the cabins are located, according to reports.

The spaces inside the ship are extremely narrow and difficult to manoeuvre within, Italian news outlet Corriere Della Sera said.

Objects floating in the water have made it "difficult to fully explore the cabins".

As such, there is no news as of yet on the missing tourists, who are thought to be inside the cabins, the media site reported.

Solo round-the-world yachtsman Tony Bullimore survived for four days by sheltering in an air pocket when his vessel capsized in the Southern Ocean in 1997.

His yacht, the Global Exide Challenger, was one of two to capsize in rough seas about 900 miles from Antarctica and 1,400 miles from the Australian coast during the Vendee Globe race.

He survived for four days in an air pocket inside the upturned hull with just a bar of chocolate and some fresh water for sustenance.

Experts have speculated air pockets could have formed as the Bayesian superyacht sank during a storm off the coast of Sicily (see post at 6.30am).

Mr Bullimore swam out from underneath the vessel after crewmen from the Australian Navy frigate HMAS Adelaide banged on the hull.

The former Royal Marine, who died in 2018 aged 79, suffered mild hypothermia, a fractured tooth, abrasions to his hands, frostbite on his forehead and fingertips, and moderate dehydration.

An upgraded underwater drone has been deployed at the site of the wreckage.

Earlier, the Italian coast guard reported it was using a drone with a two-hour underwater capability on the seabed, 50m deep.

The new robot can stay underwater for six to seven hours at a depth of 300m.

By comparison, divers who can only remained submerged at that depth for around 12 minutes.

The drone can record detailed videos and images, and will be used to reconstruct the accident for the Italian public prosecutor's office.

A team of four British inspectors from the Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has arrived in Porticello, where they are expected to look at the site where the yacht sank. 

They will carry out a "preliminary assessment" today, after arriving yesterday, PA reports.

They are looking into the incident because the Bayesian was flying a British flag - but the Italian Coastguard said the MAIB was not involved in the search and that it did not request assistance.

Spokesman Vincenzo Zagarola said: "Even if they come... the searches are carried out by the Italian authorities. Initiative [was] not requested by us."

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