Mike Lynch died of suffocation due to a lack of oxygen, a source has suggested (Image: Getty) Mike Lynch died of suffocation due to a lack of oxygen when the Bayesian superyacht sank, according to reports. A source cited examinations conducted on Saturday (September 7) after the tech tycoon's body was recovered from the vessel which sank off the coast of Sicily. Mr Lynch and his daughter, Hannah Lynch, 18, were among seven people who died when the Bayesian sank in a sudden, violent storm on August 19.

The same source told Reuters news agency initial results on Miss Lynch's body also carried out on Saturday proved inconclusive. function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.createElement('script');el.

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