Every now and then we see a news story like this.
Sometimes it's caused by a vaporetto.
Other times the gondolier is blamed (although I don't usually believe it).
This time it was a "large motorboat" that caused the spontaneous swimming lesson.
Here's the story:
"Tourists take unexpected dip after gondola capsizes"
The below press article even has a photo of the black Titanic and the Vigili Fouco motorboat in front of the Danieli, where the sinking happened on Aug 24:
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(BTW, the article's comments contain some inflammatory allegations.)
Another story says a gondola moored elsewhere in Venice was also sunk by moto ondoso.
Also, I auto-save the Bacino San Marco webcams' pics on computer every day, but the Danieli gondola incident is not visible in their viewing angle.
Have a look at this post on Vogaveneta.it : http://www.vogaveneta.it/novita-del-sito/68-gondola-si-rovescia-a-smarco.html
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