According to a report, four people who were on board a luxurious superyacht that sank off the coast of Italy on Monday morning, including British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch and chairman of Morgan Stanley International Jonathan Bloomer, are presumed to be dead. Italian coast guard officials said on Tuesday that Lynch and Bloomer were among the six people still not found. The other individuals include Hannah, Bloomer's 18-year-old daughter, Clifford Chance attorney Chris Morvillo and his wife Judy, and Bloomer's wife Neda.
On Monday, a storm formed around the 184-foot British-flagged yacht The Bayesian, which was moored approximately half a mile offshore. According to civil protection officials, they think the ship was hit by a waterspout, a tornado, that crossed the water and swiftly sank the yacht. On the Giornale di Sicilia website, grainy footage from shore-based closed-circuit cameras depicted the Bayesian 's lit 246-foot mast enduring the storm before it vanished within a minute.
Moment luxury yacht sinks off coast of Italy caught on camera, with 6 presumed dead https://t.co/IMUcEA5uXR — Fox News (@FoxNews) August 20, 2024 Emergency services responded to a yacht sinking off the coast of southern Italy and searched for persons missing. Lynch was once referred to as the king of technology in Britain.
In a U.S. federal trial held in June, he was found not guilty of fraud and conspiracy in connection with Hewlett-Packard's $11 billion acquisition of Autonomy Corp.
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