Five of the seven victims had been "searching for air pockets" as the luxury yacht sank on Aug. 19, authorities said PERINI NAVI PRESS OFFICE/HANDOUT/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock The luxury yacht that on Monday, Aug. 19, resulted in the deaths of six passengers and one crew member.
Less than a week later, on Saturday, Aug. 24, Ambrogio Cartosio, the Chief Prosecutor of Termini Imerese, announced that Italian authorities were , and he identified all of the victims. The seven victims who died in the tragic sinking were yacht chef Recaldo Thomas; British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch and his daughter, Hannah Lynch; ; and Morgan Stanley International chairman .
Related: As authorities attempt to answer questions about what exactly led to the sinking of the 183-foot British-flagged vessel — which went down during a "violent storm,” the Italian Coast Guard previously told PEOPLE in a statement — here is what we currently know about the victims’ final moments. FAMILY HANDOUT/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock During the Aug. 24 press conference, Girolamo Bentivoglio Fiandra, head of the Palermo Fire Brigade, revealed that as the began going down early Monday morning, “It was quite clear that people were trying to hide in the cabins.
” “In the left-hand side, we found the first 5 bodies in the left-hand side cabins, and the final body on the right-hand side,” Fiandra said. “We found them on the highest part of the ship, which was closer to the surface. The vessel had three cabins on each s.