LIVE Mike Lynch yacht latest: Divers to try and break into cabins in search for missing passengers off the coast of Sicily as four Britons and two Americans remain lost at sea after Bayesian sailboat sinks in freak storm By Jamie Bullen Published: 07:54 BST, 21 August 2024 | Updated: 07:54 BST, 21 August 2024 e-mail View comments Advertisement Divers searching the Bayesian superyacht wreck will today attempt to enter the cabins as the search for missing tech tycoon Mike Lynch, his teenage daughter and his friends entered a third day off the coast of Sicily. Rescuers have managed to smash through a 3cm-thick porthole with the help of a local blacksmith but have so far not been able to reach the cabins due to obstructions, according to Italian media. Italian Coast Guard officials said they feared the six missing passengers are dead after becoming trapped on the 180ft sailboat but a specialist engineer claimed they could be alive in air pockets 164ft below the surface, meaning divers face a race against time to rescue them.
Follow our live coverage below 06:59 Search of Bayesian wreck enters third day The search for passengers unaccounted for has entered its third day this morning, with divers continuing their efforts to reach the cabins in the hopes of finding them. An engineer has claimed the missing passengers could still be alive in air pockets 164ft below the surface, meaning divers - who can only remain underwater for ten minutes per dive due to the depth of where the wrec.