The search resumed on Tuesday for the six people missing after a yacht sank in a storm while anchored in front of Porticello, in the Palermo area of Sicily. Of the 22 on board, one person died and 15 were rescued. The search for the six missing from , which sank at dawn on Monday in Porticello off the coast of Sicily resumed on Tuesday.
Rescue teams and divers returned to the site of the storm-sunken superyacht to search for six people, including Morgan Stanley chairman Jonathan Bloomer and his wife and British tech magnate Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter Hannah, believed to be still trapped in the hull 50 metres (164 feet) underwater. The yacht was carrying 12 passengers and 10 crew members. After a first search on Monday ended unsuccessfully, divers early Tuesday loaded a rescue dinghy at the port of Porticello, near Palermo.
Fire rescue crews reported that divers were unable to access the below-deck cabins because they were blocked by debris that had shifted during the violent storm that toppled the luxury sailboat early Monday. Fifteen people survived, including a mother who reportedly held onto her 1-year-old baby over the waves to save her. One body has been recovered, officials said.
“Access was limited to the bridge due to the difficulty represented by the presence of furnishings obstructing the divers’ passage,” the fire crews said in a statement. The search was made particularly difficult because the ship was resting on the seabed at a depth of 50 metr.