The search for six people, including British technology tycoon Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter Hannah, who went missing after a luxury yacht sank during a mini-tornado off the coast of Sicily was due to resume on Tuesday. The yacht, named Bayesian, was caught in intense storms off the coast of Palermo in the early hours of Monday with locals reporting that it sank suddenly. In the aftermath 15 people were rescued including Mr Lynch's wife Angela Bacares.
However one body was recovered and six people remain unaccounted for. READ MORE: Killer nurse Lucy Letby trial error as CPS admits evidence was incorrect READ MORE: Body found in search for missing 98-year-old man in Wales Rescuers, including divers, spent Monday scouring the area, reports WalesOnline . Here's what we know so far.
The Bayesian was carrying 10 crew members and 12 passengers when it was hit by a freak waterspout at around 5am on Monday. Mr Lynch – once dubbed the British Bill Gates and worth an estimated £852m, and his daughter Hannah, 18, who completed her A-levels this summer and has a place to read English at Oxford University – were among six missing and feared dead. Sicily's civil protection agency told the BBC that 18-year-old Hannah was among those missing with her father along with the yacht's chef, Ricardo Thomas.
The BBC is reporting Morgan Stanley International Bank chairman Jonathan Bloomer and Clifford Chance lawyer Chris Morvillo were among those missing. The Financial Times reported .