Italian investigators trying to establish why Bayesian superyacht sank so quickly

Karsten Borner, the captain of a nearby sailboat, said he had never seen a vessel of the Bayesian’s size go down so quickly. Photograph: Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters

Fishers in the Sicilian village of Porticello who witnessed the Bayesian superyacht sink rapidly in a violent storm on Monday say that the vessel was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

But for Italian prosecutors investigating the incident, their focus will be on whether the captain and crew took all the necessary safety measures to prevent the tragedy.