British tech magnate Mike Lynch and five others are missing, feared dead after their luxury yacht sank in a tornado off the Sicilian coast. The luxury vessel – named the Bayesian – was moored half-a-mile off the coast of Porticello when it sank around 5am local time on Monday. Advertisement Rescue efforts are currently underway, with Vincenzo Zagarola of the Italian Coastguard telling PA news agency authorities believe the missing six people are likely to be trapped inside the boat.
Advertisement “Of course, we do not exclude that they are not inside the boat, but we know the boat sank quickly,” he said. “We suppose that the six people missing may not have had time to get out of the boat.” The cruise was reportedly a celebration of Mr Lynch’s recent acquittal of fraud charges in the United States.
Who is involved, and why were they there? Advertisement Technology tycoon Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter Hanna – who had recently finished her A-Levels and was bound for Oxford – remain missing. Advertisement Also unaccounted for are Jonathan Bloomer, chairman of Morgan Stanley and insurance company Hiscox, and his wife, Judy, a respected psychotherapist; as well as Chris Morvillo, a lawyer from Clifford Chance and part of the legal team representing Mr Lynch, and his wife, Neda, who reportedly runs a luxury jewellery line. The body of a man was recovered near the yacht, believed to be that of chef Recaldo Thomas, a Canadian-Antiguan man working onboard.
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