The yacht was crusing from Gallipoli to Milazzo, Sicily, on Saturday, native information shops reported, when it started to tackle water and ultimately sank some hours later about 9 nautical miles off the port of Catanzaro.

All crew members and passengers have been rescued and unhurt, the coast guard mentioned on Twitter. It mentioned it launched an investigation to find out what occurred.

The My Saga first reported an issue Saturday after setting sail from Gallipoli, on Italy’s southeastern peninsula, based on the nation’s Nationwide Related Press Company (ANSA). Patrol boats from the Italian coast guard in Crotone and the European Border and Coast Guard Company (Frontex) have been dispatched to the scene.

They discovered the ship taking up water from its stern. 5 individuals — 4 passengers and a member of the crew — have been initially rescued on a Romanian patrol boat performing on behalf of Frontex. They have been then transferred to the coast guard boat and brought to Catanzaro, ANSA reported.

In the meantime, a towing firm was contracted to aim to rescue the ship. A tugboat arrived and took the 4 remaining crew members — together with the captain — onboard earlier than starting to tow the ship towards Crotone. However, based on ANSA, dangerous climate made the method tough, as did the place of the yacht, which was tilted into the water.

Ultimately, the tugboat deserted the yacht, and it sank into the Gulf of Squillace. The coast guard took the remaining crew members to Catanzaro.

It’s not the primary time a sinking yacht has captured consideration on the web. In Could, rapper Cardi B posted footage on social media of a yacht sinking close to her lodge whereas she was on trip in an unknown location. The artist might be heard screaming as she requested whether or not there wasn’t a “large boat that would reserve it.” Ultimately, she mentioned “bye-bye” because it disappeared into the water. She later clarified that nobody was onboard.

The identical month, passersby watched as one other multimillion-dollar yacht, the Rendevous, sank in Torquay Harbor, a marina in southwestern England, after a fireplace broke out onboard. Authorities warned of potential air and water air pollution as a result of the yacht carried about 9 metric tons of diesel.

And earlier this month, the 145-foot Aria SF caught hearth off the Balearic island of Formentera in Spain in an incident that was additionally captured on digicam and shared extensively on social media. These onboard have been evacuated, and nobody was harm, the Guardian reported. The roughly $23 million yacht had reportedly simply been delivered to its proprietor.

Chico Harlan contributed to this report.