British technology tycoon Mike Lynch is among six tourists missing after a luxury yacht sank in bad weather off the coast of Sicily. Four of the missing passengers are British and two are American, Italian news website la Reppublica said. It comes just weeks after Dr Lynch, 59, was in June cleared of all charges by a US jury in the high-profile fraud case related to the sale of his software company Autonomy to Hewlett-Packard (HP) in 2011.
The daily Il Giornale di Sicilia newspaper reported that the vessel had mostly British passengers on board, but also people from New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Ireland and British-French citizens. BREAKING: British tech tycoon Mike Lynch is missing after the superyacht sinking, multiple news agencies are reporting Latest updates: https://t.co/NVoXQRbjEb đź“ş Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube pic.
twitter.com/uF8uu4RNaZ — Sky News (@SkyNews) August 19, 2024 One of the survivors, a British tourist named Charlotte, told la Reppublica she held her one-year-old daughter, Sofia, to stop her from drowning. She said: “I held her afloat with all my strength, my arms stretched upwards to keep her from drowning.
“It was all dark. In the water, I couldn’t keep my eyes open. I screamed for help but all I could hear around me was the screams of others.
” Charlotte and Sofia are being treated in hospital, as is Charlotte’s husband, James. Recommended reading: How far can a speed camera catch you? This will shock you Speed camera myths - fro.