A sailboat of about 50 meters with 22 people on board sank around 5 am on Monday 19 August in Palermoin the stretch of sea in front of Little Port. Several missing, one body found.
Sailing boat sunk in Palermo: the toll of the missing
According to the first information reported by The Republic15 were rescued by Coast Guard patrol boats and the Fire Brigade.
I missing there are 6. The body of a man was found inside the hull at a depth of 49 meters. Firefighter divers are trying to bring him back to the surface.
Who are the missing and who was on board the sailing boat?
The sailing boat sunk in Palermo beats English flagOn board there was a group of tourists who had chosen Sicily to spend their holidays.
The survivors already brought ashore are English, New Zealand, Irish citizens, as well as a survivor who comes from Sri Lanka. Two have dual English-French passports. Among the survivors there is also a one-year-old English girl, who was taken to the “Di Cristina” hospital in Palermo. She was immediately examined and is in good health. Her mother, who is with her, was treated for a shoulder wound. Her father is instead hospitalized at the Civico hospital.
The seven people who were initially reported missing are believed to be a Canadian citizen, four Britons and two Americans.
In the next few hours, the fifteen survivors will be interviewed, including the captain of the vessel who managed to save himself. It is likely that the missing were in the cabins and were trapped inside when the boat sank.
Why the sailboat sank
The vessel is believed to have sunk due to the tornado that hit that area.
Firefighter divers dove to reach the hull, located at 49 meters of depth about half a mile from the coast. Carabinieri, 118 and Civil Protection are welcoming the survivors.
What is known about the sunken sailboat
The sailing boat that sank in Palermo is called Bayesan and was built by the Perini Navi Viareggio shipyard in February 2008 and refitted in 2020.
Second Vessel findera site that tracks the routes of boats, the vessel arrived in Porticello after a stop in Milazzo and a passage in front of Cefalù.
ARTICLE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
Photo source: ANSA
Source: notizie.virgilio.it
