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  •   Home > News > International

    Five bodies found in superyacht wreck off the coast of Sicily as search efforts continue

    The discoveries bring the number of people killed in the incident to six, with authorities still searching for one other passenger.


    Divers have discovered five bodies during a search for six missing people following the sinking of a superyacht off Sicily.

    Six people have now been killed in the incident with authorities still searching for one other passenger who remains missing.

    It was not immediately clear who had been found.

    The missing include UK tech tycoon Mike Lynch, his 18-year-old daughter, and the chairman of Morgan Stanley International Jonathan Bloomer.

    The other missing passengers were Mr Bloomer's wife Judy, Clifford Chance lawyer Chris Morvillo and his wife, Neda Morvillo.

    Three body-bags were brought to shore by Italian search and rescue personnel on Wednesday, local time.

    The Sicily civil protection agency said the other two bodies remain on the wreckage.

    The British-flagged Bayesian, a 56-metre-long superyacht, was carrying 22 people and was anchored off the port of Porticello, near Palermo, when it capsized during a fierce storm on Monday.

    Fifteen people survived.

    The body of the onboard chef, Canadian-Antiguan national Recaldo Thomas, was found near the wreck hours after the disaster.

    The Italian fire department said the inspection of the wreck, lying sideways at a depth of around 50 metres, was a "long and complex" operation.

    The coast guard has been questioning survivors, including the captain of the Bayesian, and passengers on the yacht that was moored next to it who witnessed the ship going down, judicial sources told Reuters said.

    No one is under investigation at the moment, the sources added.

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    Experts have been at a loss to explain how a large luxury vessel, presumed to have top-class fittings and safety features, could have sunk within minutes, as recounted by witnesses.

    The yacht anchored next to it was unharmed by the tempest.

    The Bayesian, which was owned by Mike Lynch's wife, was built by Italian shipbuilder Perini in 2008 and last refitted in 2020. 

    It had the world's tallest aluminium mast, measuring 72 metres, according to its makers.

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