LONDON — A superyacht that sank Monday off the Sicilian coast during a storm left at least six people dead and one passenger missing. Among that list is British tech kingpin Mike Lynch and some of his inner circle, who were gathered to celebrate his victory in a long-running legal trial. Lynch was acquitted in June in a U.
S. fraud case and was apparently aboard the Bayesian with some of the people who stood by him throughout the ordeal. Another member of Lynch's legal team who wasn't aboard, Reid Weingarten, said the outing was intended in part as a celebration of the acquittal.
Emergency services at the scene of the search for a missing boat, in Porticello Santa Flavia, Italy, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. British tech giant Mike Lynch, his lawyer and four other people are among those missing after their luxury superyacht sank during a freak storm off Sicily, Italy’s civil protection and authorities said.
Lynch’s wife and 14 other people survived. (Alberto Lo Bianco /LaPresse via AP) Here's a look at the people who are dead or missing, as well as details on the recent death of an associate of Lynch who was not on the yacht. Software entrepreneur Mike Lynch, along with his daughter, Hannah, are among those that police divers are searching for after the yacht was struck by a waterspout off of Porticello, near Palermo.
A spokesperson for Lynch said there were no updates Tuesday. Lynch had been trying to move past a Silicon Valley debacle that had tarnished his legacy as an icon .