Termini Imerese prosecutor Ambrogio Cartosio confirmed the investigation but said no suspect is currently identified.
Prosecutors in Italy said Saturday they have opened an investigation into shipwreck and manslaughter after a off the coast of Sicily, killing seven people onboard.
Termini Imerese prosecutor Ambrogio Cartosio confirmed the investigation but said no suspect is currently identified. Investigators are hoping to salvage the ship, which is lying on the seabed , but that may take months.
“We are only in the initial phase of the investigation. We can’t exclude any sort of development at present”, he told reporters at a news conference.
The main question investigators are focusing on is how a sailing vessel deemed “unsinkable” by its manufacturer, Italian shipyard Perini Navi, sank while a nearby sailboat remained largely unscathed.
Civil protection officials said they believe the yacht, which featured a distinctive 246-feet aluminum mast, was , known as a waterspout, and sank quickly.
