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Sicily: One dead and six missing in yacht sinking
A luxury sailboat was caught in a storm on Monday, August 19. One person died and six were still being sought by rescue services on Tuesday.
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A luxury sailboat was caught in a storm on Monday, August 19. One person died and six were still being sought by rescue services on Tuesday.
In Porticello (Sicily, Italy), sea searches resumed at dawn on Tuesday, August 20, to find victims of a yacht shipwreck. Specialized divers are exploring the wreck located at a depth of 50 meters. “We have underwater caving teams equipped to work in this type of submerged environment”explains Marco Tilotta, a firefighter diver from Palermo (Italy).
The 56-metre-long luxury yacht sank at sea with 12 passengers and 10 crew members on board. One person died and six remain unaccounted for. A violent storm swept through the Porticello area on Monday 19 August and the yacht was reportedly caught in a waterspout, a column of air and water, before disappearing from the surface. From the port, fishermen saw a distress flare in the sky and decided to approach as closely as possible. “We found no one at sea”one of them testifies.
