Super yacht sinking - did the crew bravely survive or did they abandon their the passengers

[mids2019]

So....most of the crew survived this tragedy but the passengers died. Do you think it will emerge the crew should have e done more to alrt the passengers and indeed put their lives in danger to attempt a rescue? Maybe it was all just too fast?

I just think there seems silence from the crew at moment despite being survivors of a sinking vessel who have a story to tell. Are lawyers advising they stay quiet on this?

Caveat: I am no scientist. I believe breathing in oxygen at higher pressure at depth can cause oxygen toxicity and narcosis. Narcosis is like a delirium. Divers have been known to remove their regulator (the thing they bite to breathe in oxygen) when under the influence. 50 m is well beyond the threshold to trigger risk of narcosis. I hope they drifted off peacefully.

That was sort what I was alluding to in my comment/pointed question about Scuba divers earlier, though I think the immediate problem is the nitrogen content of air ( but yep, I think O2 can become a killer in itself at high pressure).

I did a recreational diving course many years ago (sadly didn’t continue with the hobby long term) and as I recall because of the increasing risk of nitrogen narcosis with depth our limit was 30 metres…

Anyhow all of this is highly academic, whatever mechanisms were involved it must have been hellish….

https://nypost.com/2024/09/03/world-news/video-shows-moment-bayesian-superyacht-disappears-from-radar/

The video from this satellite gives a good indication into what happened. It appears to have been thrust approximately 1000 feet over a period of 13 minutes, along with the Baden Powell, then suddenly sank. Seeing this, I'm really not surprised the crew didn't have a chance to save everyone.

The video from this satellite gives a good indication into what happened.

It’s quite possible there is a satellite image somewhere of the two yachts when they were moored, but it looks to me like the moving tracks shown on the video are a plot of the previously mentioned and debated AIS (datalink) positions superimposed on the same satellite image of the location, rather than an overhead view from the satellite following the accident as it actually happened.

However it is done it is certainly interesting to give some idea of scale and context.

In that video it says that the lifeboat deployed was from the Robert Baden Powell, is that widely known? I thought the lifeboat was from the Bayesian.

@MollyRover I did wonder about that. I believe the Sir Robert Baden Powell picked survivors off the Bayesian liferaft but am just relying on what was previously reported.

I think it's a lack of understanding on terminology.

The life raft was deployed by the Bayesian (most likely by hydro static release after it had sunk more than 4 metres).

The Baden Powell then deployed a boat to rescue those in the life raft.

You wouldn't deploy a life raft to rescue people from the water or another life raft as it has no power and can't be manouvered.

Thanks for clarifying @1dayatatime