The body of British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch has been recovered from the wreck of a yacht that sank off the coast of Sicily early on Monday, but searches are continuing for his missing daughter. Six bodies have now been brought to shore after the sinking of the luxury yacht Bayesian, which foundered during a freak storm off the fishing village of Porticello, east of Palermo.
The one person who is still missing is Mr Lynch’s 18-year-old daughter, Hannah. Of the 22 passengers and crew on board, 15 people survived the sinking, including a one-year-old child and Mr Lynch’s wife Angela Bacares.
Technology tycoon Mike Lynch, his daughter Hannah, Morgan Stanley International bank chairman Jonathan Bloomer, his wife Judy Bloomer, Clifford Chance lawyer Chris Morvillo, his wife Neda Morvillo and the boat’s chef Recaldo Thomas were lost when the Bayesian sank.
The bodies of all those missing have now been brought to shore with the exception of the final missing person, said by a source close to the family to be Hannah Lynch. According to Italian law, officials are not allowed to share the names of the deceased until formal identification has taken place. A decision on whether to raise the sunken yacht from the seabed is “not on the agenda”, but will be in the future, a spokesman from the Italian Coastguard has said.
Vincenzo Zagarola told the PA news agency that the Italian Coastguard’s working theory is still that the missing woman is somewhere inside the boat. The wreck of the Bayesian is on the seabed at a depth of 50 metres (164ft).
Rescuers have described the operation as “complex”, with divers limited to 12-minute underwater shifts.
Source: BBC
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