Divers searching for the last person missing after a superyacht sank off Sicily found a body Friday, presumed to be the teenage daughter of UK tech tycoon Mike Lynch , who also perished. The discovery, confirmed to AFP by the Italian coastguard , brings to seven the final death toll in the sinking of the "Bayesian", which went down off the Italian island before dawn on Monday. The bodies of Lynch, a celebrated tech entrepreneur and investor, and four other passengers were found on Wednesday and Thursday, with his 18-year-old daughter Hannah the only one still missing.
Emergency services had found the body of another man, believed to be the yacht 's chef, a few hours after it sank in a sudden storm. You Might Also Like: Jonathan Bloomer and others missing after superyacht Bayesian sinks in storm off Sicily Lynch had invited friends and family onto the sailing boat to celebrate his recent acquittal in a massive US fraud case. But as the 56-metre (185-feet) British-flagged yacht was anchored off Porticello , near Palermo, it was struck by a waterspout -- akin to a mini-tornado.
It sank within minutes. Italian authorities launched what they called a "delicate" search operation involving specialist divers, boats from several emergency services and helicopters. You Might Also Like: Luxury yacht sinks off Sicily coast: Morgan Stanley chairman Jonathan Bloomer, tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch among missing Heartbroken Fifteen people had been rescued from the ship, including Lynch's wife.