One dead, six missing after luxury yacht sinks off Sicily

Home World One dead, six missing after luxury yacht sinks off Sicily 19-08-2024 04:02 PM Ammon News - One man died and six people were missing after a luxury yacht was struck by an unexpectedly violent storm and sank off the Sicilian capital Palermo on Monday, the Italian coast guard said. The 56-metre-long (184-ft) sailboat was identified as the British-registered Bayesian and sank with 22 people on board shortly before sunrise, the coast guard said in a statement. The missing people were of British, American and Canadian nationality, the coast guard said. The 15 people rescued included a one-year-old child. "The wind was very strong. Bad weather was expected, but not of this magnitude," a coast guard official in Palermo told Reuters. Storms and heavy rainfall have swept down Italy in recent days - with floods and landslides causing major damage in the north of the country - after weeks of scorching heat. Eight of those rescued were transferred to local hospitals. All were in stable condition, local media reported. Reuters

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One dead, six missing after luxury yacht sinks off Sicily

19-08-2024 04:02 PM

Ammon News - One man died and six people were missing after a luxury yacht was struck by an unexpectedly violent storm and sank off the Sicilian capital Palermo on Monday, the Italian coast guard said.

The 56-metre-long (184-ft) sailboat was identified as the British-registered Bayesian and sank with 22 people on board shortly before sunrise, the coast guard said in a statement.

The missing people were of British, American and Canadian nationality, the coast guard said. The 15 people rescued included a one-year-old child.

"The wind was very strong. Bad weather was expected, but not of this magnitude," a coast guard official in Palermo told Reuters.

Storms and heavy rainfall have swept down Italy in recent days - with floods and landslides causing major damage in the north of the country - after weeks of scorching heat.

Eight of those rescued were transferred to local hospitals. All were in stable condition, local media reported.

Reuters

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