Olbia – There were no toxic gases aboard the 17-meter yacht docked in Portisco, where Giovanni Marchionni, the 8-year-old skipper from Bacoli, died on August 21th. Initial informal findings from laboratory tests conducted in Treviso rule out this possibility.
The information was released by Giampaolo Murrighile, attorney for the vessel's owner along with his colleague Sebastiano Giaquinta. "The initial tests ," Murrighile explained, " had already ruled out the presence of carbon monoxide and hydrogen sulfide. Now the laboratory results confirm more clearly that they were not toxic gases."
Tests on the so-called "balloons," the air bubbles trapped inside the yacht, revealed no dangerous substances. The only finding was hydrogen gas from the battery, in quantities deemed perfectly consistent with a normal recharge. This news reopens the mystery surrounding the true cause of Marchionni's death. Investigations are continuing to shed full light on the incident that has shocked the community of Bacoli and the entire nautical industry.
