Two missing Brit passengers have been named as Mike Lynch and his daughter Hannah, 18. Get the latest top news stories sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter We have more newsletters Get the latest top news stories sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter We have more newsletters Tech tycoon Mike Lynch and his daughter are among six people missing after a luxury yacht sank in a tornado off the coast of Sicily. Police divers are trying to reach the hull of the ship, which is resting at a depth of 50 metres - and a body, believed to be that of the vessel's cook, has been discovered.
Two missing Brit passengers have been named as Mr Lynch and his daughter Hannah, 18. Mr Lynch's wife Angela Bacares has survived. Sicily's civil protection agency confirmed Hannah was among those missing with her father, along with the yacht's chef, Ricardo Thomas.
As reported by the Mirror , the luxury yacht was carrying 10 crew members and 12 passengers. According to local media, fifteen people including Mr Lynch's wife, Angela Bacares, were rescued. The Marine Accident Investigation Branch said four of its inspectors were being deployed to Palermo.
Details on the incident are still emerging, but here are all the main things we know so far. Brit tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch, whose family is said to own the superyacht, vanished following the disaster this morning. The 59-year-old, a Cambridge-educated mathematician who is known for co-founding the Autonomy Corporation an.