PASSENGERS on board the doomed Bayesian superyacht frantically scrambled for the last air pockets as the boat sank. British tech mogul Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter Hannah were among six people recovered after the luxury vessel sank near Porticello at about 5am local time on Monday. The body of Canadian-Antiguan national Recaldo Thomas, who was working as a chef on the superyacht, was recovered at the scene on Monday.
Morgan Stanley International bank chairman Jonathan Bloomer, his wife Judy Bloomer, Clifford Chance lawyer Chris Morvillo and his wife Neda Morvillo were also recovered from the wreckage. Prosecutors have since opened a manslaughter and shipwreck inquiry without naming any suspects. On Saturday, they pieced together the horrifying final minutes on board the sinking £30million vessel.
More on Italian yacht sinking And for the first time, emergency service workers and divers also discussed in full the complicated five-day rescue attempt that took place 160 feet below the waters near Porticello, Sicily . Divers from the specialised fire brigade cave rescue team described in dramatic detail the extraordinary challenges they faced more than 50m below the surface. The 30 divers were only allowed to visit the seafloor for 12-minute bursts, every day from sunrise until sunset.
A few of the divers were also participating in the doomed Costa Concordia liner's 2012 recovery. Most read in The Sun The head of the Palermo fire department and member of the divers' r.