The bodies of five of the six missing passengers recovered following the sinking of the Bayesian superyacht have now been identified, including that of British tech magnate Mike Lynch . The £30 million vessel capsized with 22 people on board during freak bad weather while moored off the coast of Sicily at around 5am local time on Monday. They had been celebrating Mr Lynch’s acquittal in a fraud trial in the United States .
Other passengers whose bodies were recovered amid renewed rescue efforts yesterday include Morgan Stanley International bank chairman Jonathan Bloomer and Mr Lynch’s lawyer Chris Morvillo. His 18-year-old daughter Hannah Lynch remains missing. Authorities are now examining the exact cause of the disaster.
Here are some of the key questions facing investigators: Why did the yacht sink when other boats nearby stayed afloat? Questions have abounded about what caused the superyacht to rapidly sink, when the nearby Sir Robert Baden Powell sailboat was largely spared and managed to rescue the survivors. Some experts have pointed to the vessel’s 250ft aluminium mast as being the contributing factor. American entrepreneur Scott Painter told MailOnline the tall mast could have left the superyacht more vulnerable to capsizing.
He said: ‘That could certainly contribute to a capsize as it would destabilise the yacht. And if it were to lean over too far, it could absolutely capsize the yacht.’ Sam Jefferson, editor of Sailing Today, told The Telegraph: ‘She.