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22/08/2024
AP
ANKARA: The death toll from the tragedy of a yacht sinking in Italy on Monday rose to six after rescuers found five more victims on Wednesday, Andolu Agency quoted local media reports.
An underwater search robot from the Italian coast guard and divers from the Italian fire department found two bodies, tech entrepreneur and yacht owner Mike Lynch, 59, and his 18-year-old daughter.
Earlier in the day, rescue teams found three more bodies.
The process of identification and autopsy will be carried out, while the search for another missing victim continues, according to local media reports
The 56-meter (184-foot) luxury yacht known as the "Bayesian" capsized on Monday morning in heavy rain and storms, about 20 kilometers (12.4 miles) east of Palermo in southern Italy.
In the incident, 15 people were rescued including Lynch's wife, Angela Bacares, while six were reported missing.
Among the dead was the yacht's chef, Recaldo Thomas, whose body was found a few hours after the ship sank.
On Wednesday, local media reported that two more bodies were found, but their identities have not been confirmed.
The individuals on board the yacht are from various countries, including the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, France, Ireland, the United States, and Canada.
British technology tycoon Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter Hannah were among the people unaccounted for after his superyacht Bayesian sank
21/8/2024
British technology tycoon Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter Hannah were among the people unaccounted for after his superyacht Bayesian sank in a storm off the coast of Sicily in the early hours of Monday.
Five bodies have now been found inside the wreck of the luxury vessel, Salvatore Cocina, the head of Sicily’s civil protection agency, said on Wednesday evening, but the whereabouts of one person remains unknown.
The identities of the four bodies that were recovered on Wednesday have not been confirmed by authorities, despite local and international media reporting some had been identified, while the process of bringing the fifth body to shore has been described by Mr Cocina as “ongoing”.
The British-flagged vessel named Bayesian was carrying 12 passengers and 10 members of crew when it sank at around 5am local time near the Sicilian capital of Palermo, having been caught in a violent tornado, known as a waterspout.
The other four passengers who have been missing since the disaster are Morgan Stanley International chair Jonathan Bloomer; his wife, Judy Bloomer; Chris Morvillo, a lawyer with Clifford Chance; and his wife, Neda Morvillo.
The yacht’s chef, Recaldo Thomas, is already confirmed to have died after his body was recovered from the wreck on Monday, while 15 survivors were rescued.
