Investigators from UK are set to fly out to Sicily to probe sinking of the British Bayesian superyacht as Italian authorities examine how vessel equipped with latest technology sank while moored off coast By Tom Cotterill Published: 04:56 EDT, 20 August 2024 | Updated: 04:57 EDT, 20 August 2024 e-mail View comments British investigators are to fly out to Sicily to probe the shock sinking of the Bayesian superyacht. The £30million luxury vessel - owned by British tech mogul Mike Lynch and packed with some of the latest maritime tech - went down off the coast of the Italian island early on Monday morning. It had been anchored offshore from Porticello, having sailed from the seaside village of Cefalu, when it was hit by a freak waterspout caused by bad weather and sank near Palermo.
Specialist divers are this morning resuming efforts to get into the wreck of the 187ft British-flagged vessel - with six people, including Mr Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter, still missing and feared dead. Meanwhile, four British personnel from the Marine Accident Investigation Branch are on their way to the Sicilian city of Palermo to carry out a preliminary assessment. The team of UK experts will join a group of Italian specialists to try and work out exactly how the Bayesian - named after the mathematical theory Mike Lynch used to make his millions in the tech industry - went down.
Mystery still surrounds the tragedy. However, experts fear the boat's large, 237ft metal mast - one of the talles.