Pilot Tom Slingsby says team yet to determine if Australia made error ‘or did the boat fail’

• Australian boat close to Italy at time of incident
• Veteran pilot says ‘we’ve got to go look at the camera angles’

Despite a catastrophic wingsail collapse on Australia’s boat at the weekend’s SailGP event, all its crew walked away unscathed, with an investigation launched to determine the cause of the “very scary” incident.

Veteran driver Tom Slingsby was left shaken following the incident as Australia came close to Italy’s boat on the way to the start line in the seventh fleet race of the event. The main wing crumpled into the water on San Francisco Bay.