Plan to lift Bayesian off the seabed expected within weeks after divers and robots complete inspection of tragic superyacht By Mark Duell Published: 08:45, 25 September 2024 | Updated: 08:46, 25 September 2024 e-mail View comments Plan to lift the Bayesian off the seabed are set to be confirmed within the next few weeks after divers and robots finished inspecting the doomed luxury superyacht. The 184ft (56m) vessel has been underwater since sinking off Sicily on August 19 - killing British tech billionaire Mike Lynch, his daughter Hannah, 18, and five others. Prosecutors are investigating the captain and two British crew members as they carry out an inquiry into culpable shipwreck and suspected multiple manslaughter.
They therefore want the British-flagged yacht raised as soon as possible to work out whether the vessel was flooded by external hatches and doors being left open. The trio under investigation since late August are James Cutfield, the captain; Tim Parker Eaton, the engineer in charge of securing the yacht's engine room; and Matthew Griffith, a sailor who was on watch duty on the night of the disaster. Divers from Italy's fire service at Porticello on August 23 as they recover bodies of the dead Italian divers carry out inspections of the Bayesian yacht's wreck off Sicily on August 23 A fire service dive team leaves Porticello, heading to the rescue site in Sicily on August 23 Now, a spokesman for the Italian coastguard has told The Times : 'We expect to see the pl.