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Superyacht: Five Bodies Found, One Person Remains Missing
Superyacht: Five Bodies Found, One Person Remains Missing After Search
Identities not disclosed but UK tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch and his daughter were among those onboard
The Guardian 22 AUG 2024
Divers scouring the wreck of the luxury yacht that sank off the coast of Sicily on Monday have found the bodies of five of the six missing passengers.
The UK tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch, his teenage daughter Hannah Lynch, the Morgan Stanley International chair, Jonathan Bloomer, his wife, Judy, and the Clifford Chance lawyer Chris Morvillo and his wife, Neda, have been missing since the vessel went down on Monday morning.
The 56-metre yacht, named Bayesian and sailing under a British flag, was carrying 22 people and had anchored just offshore near the port of Porticello when it was hit by what was believed to be a tornado or waterspout.
The body of the yacht’s chef, Recaldo Thomas, was located shortly after the vessel sank.
On Wednesday afternoon rescue authorities found the bodies of five of the missing people.
The director-general of Sicily’s civil protection agency, Salvo Cocina, confirmed that four bodies had been recovered by divers, with the fifth having been found but not yet brought back to shore.
Cocina said: “On behalf of myself and my colleagues, I would like to express my deepest sympathy to the families of the victims and express our condolences to them at this difficult time.”
The Italian coastguard was working to confirm the identities, with sources telling the Guardian that Bloomer and Morvillo had been confirmed as among those recovered. One body remained unaccounted for.
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