PORTICELLO, Sicily — Divers searching the wreck of a superyacht that sank off Sicily found the bodies of four passengers Wednesday and searched for two more as questions intensified about why the vessel sank so quickly when a nearby sailboat remained largely unscathed. The limited dive time is designed in part to avoid decompression sickness, also known as the “bends,” …
PORTICELLO, Sicily — Divers searching the wreck of a superyacht that sank off Sicily found the bodies of five passengers Wednesday, leaving one still missing as questions intensified about why the vessel sank so quickly when a nearby sailboat remained largely unscathed. Costantino cited AIS ship tracking data which he said showed the Bayesian had taken on water for four …
Emergency services at the scene of the search for a missing boat, in Porticello, southern Italy, on Tuesday. Divers searching the wreck of a superyacht that sank off Sicily found two bodies Wednesday, as the search continued for four more missing passengers and questions intensified about why the vessel sank so quickly. The discovery indicated that the operation to search …
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Monday criticised China for a "dangerous encounter" between Chinese and Australian warships in international waters that injured a diver last week. Albanese said that the incident “does do damage” to Australia's relationship with China, which has shown visible improvement in recent months. Australia said the Chinese destroyer Ningbo operated its sonar while Australian naval …
BEIJING — Australia on Saturday accused the Chinese navy of likely causing minor injuries to Australian naval divers by operating its sonar while they were trying to clear fishing nets from their ship’s propellers. The HMAS Toowoomba stopped in international waters on Tuesday in Japan’s exclusive economic zone after fishing nets became entangled in its propellers, the defense minister’s statement …
