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Moments Before Superyacht Disaster-Next 24 Hours are Critical
Moments Before Disaster: CCTV Captures Storm Ravaging £30m Luxury Superyacht Before It Sinks in 60 Seconds
Next 24 hours are critical to find people still alive
The boat is marooned 164ft below the surface on the seabed and is so deep that dive teams can only go down for 10 minutes at a time, with their efforts being hampered by furniture blocking the entrances.
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Karsten Borner, the captain of a ship that rescued the 15 survivors of the Bayesian disaster, told the BBC: 'After the storm was over, we noticed that the ship behind us was gone'
The boat is marooned 164ft below the surface on the seabed and is so deep that dive teams can only go down for 10 minutes at a time, with their efforts being hampered by furniture blocking the entrances.
One expert has claimed that the ship, which is almost completely intact despite not being 'anchored in a safe place' before it sank, could have trapped pockets of air inside that might allow survivors to stay alive after the 'unprecedented' disaster.
Nick Sloane, an engineer who led the salvage operation on the Costa Concordia, said 'the next 24 hours are critical' if any of the missing people are to be found alive, with a time limit of 'two to three days' before anyone who has found an air pocket runs out of oxygen.
There have been instances in the past of people surviving for days underwater in these circumstances, but rescue divers have warned that they are prepared to find bodies instead of living, breathing survivors.
It is believed the ship sank after its mast - one of tallest in the world at an enormous 246ft-high - snapped during the brutal incident and keeled over, taking the hull beyond the 'down-flooding angle', according to nautical experts.
Engineer Nick Sloane, who led the salvage operation of the cruise ship Costa Concordia in 2012, told Sky News that despite this there may be a slim chance that there are survivors.
He said: 'They've got a very small window of time to try to find people stuck inside with hopefully an air pocket, and they could be rescued.
'You've got a maximum of two to three days to try to get someone out, so the next 24 hours are critical.
'If the yacht is on its side, it might have more air pockets than if it's upright. She's got quite a large keel, and that will deflect and put her on her side, I'm sure.'
Tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch, who was often referred to as the 'British Bill Gates', was on holiday with family when tragedy struck and 'freak' waterspout took down his luxury boat
Yacht engulfed by storm as rescuers fear missing Brits still trapped in cabins
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