Divers smash through 3cm-thick porthole and gain access to the £30m superyacht but can't yet reach the cabins where missing six passengers 'could still be alive in air pockets' 164ft below surface due to obstructions READ: Moments before disaster: CCTV captures storm ravaging superyacht By Miriam Kuepper and Katherine Lawton Published: 21:37, 20 August 2024 | Updated: 21:54, 20 August 2024 e-mail 15 View comments Divers desperately trying to find the six passengers missing after Mike Lynch's superyacht sank have managed to break through a 3cm-thick porthole with the help of a local blacksmith with experience working on boats. The blacksmith made special jacks for the divers that enabled them to enter the hull of the vessel and its common areas through the glass window tonight, but they have not yet reached the cabins due to obstructions, according to Italian media. Luxury sailboat Bayesian was docked off the coast of Porticello, near Palermo, Italy , when a 'whirlwind' hit the area just before 5am on Monday morning, wrecking the boat and causing it to rapidly sink.
While 15 of the 22 people on board were rescued by nearby ships, the yacht's chef tragically died while six people including tech British billionaire Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter Hannah remain missing. An engineer has claimed the missing passengers could still be alive in air pockets 164ft below the surface, meaning divers - who can only remain underwater for ten minutes per dive due to the depth of where th.