Una info más actualizada
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles...-France.469363
- Según el periodista el patrón "no pudo llamar a su cliente" por estar ocupado tratando de evitar que el barco embarrancara (¿?)
- La llamada a la policía se produce a las 16:30 (¿?)
- El armador era un "experto marinero" (¿?) pero sale de noche, con fuerza 6, en un dinghy, saliendo de una ensenada a mar abierto, para llegar a un barco que está en cal c...
Timeline
Sunday, May 5, at 7pm. Elias Chmouni personally books a table for six at The Boat House restaurant in Xlendi before returning to the cabin cruiser to shower.
8pm. The skipper decides not to join his friends for dinner, so the group of five head off on a small flat-bottomed boat – more suited for sheltered waters such as ports – for dinner at Xlendi Bay.
Midnight. After a celebratory dinner, the tourists are undeterred by the strong winds and keen to head ‘home’ to their cabin cruiser, board the boat. National Fisheries Cooperative general secretary Raymond Bugeja said once the four-metre boat left the sheltered Xlendi Bay, the sea would have been 10 times rougher, exposing the group to the open seas.
Midnight to 5pm. The skipper is at the helm of the cabin cruiser to keep it from crashing against the rocks in Dwejra. He could not let go to call his friends, but he was convinced that in such weather, Mr Chmouni, who was experienced in seafaring, would spend the night on land.
Monday, May 6, at 7am. At dawn, when he felt he had enough light, the skipper sought the safety of Mġarr and started calling Mr Chmouni. He phoned the Gozo Marina and asked them to inform Mr Chmouni, should he call, that the El Pirata was in Mġarr.
4.30pm. Seeing that Mr Chmouni had still not returned, he filed a report with the police that five people were missing. The search started soon after.
Un video con declaraciones de Montes
http://tvm.com.mt/news/2013/05/i-can...th-tvm-com-mt/