A lawyer from Christchurch is among 15 survivors from a luxury yacht that sank off the coast of Sicily yesterday , leaving one dead and six people still missing. Kiwi Ayla Ronald, 36, was among the 22 people on board when a tornado struck the area where the British-flagged Bayesian was anchored, around 5am local time (3pm NZT). Ayla, who has lived and worked in London for many years, is from Christchurch and studied at the University of Otago.
Her partner Matthew Fletcher was also on board..
