LIVE Mike Lynch yacht latest: Divers to try and break into cabins in search for missing passengers off the coast of Sicily as four Britons and two Americans remain lost at sea after Bayesian sailboat sinks in freak storm By Jamie Bullen Published: 07:54 BST, 21 August 2024 | Updated: 07:54 BST, 21 August 2024 e-mail View comments Advertisement Divers searching the Bayesian superyacht wreck will today attempt to enter the cabins as the search for missing tech tycoon Mike Lynch, his teenage daughter and his friends entered a third day off the coast of Sicily. Rescuers have managed to smash through a 3cm-thick porthole with the help of a local blacksmith but have so far not been able to reach the cabins due to obstructions, according to Italian media. Italian Coast Guard officials said they feared the six missing passengers are dead after becoming trapped on the 180ft sailboat but a specialist engineer claimed they could be alive in air pockets 164ft below the surface, meaning divers face a race against time to rescue them.
Follow our live coverage below 06:59 Search of Bayesian wreck enters third day The search for passengers unaccounted for has entered its third day this morning, with divers continuing their efforts to reach the cabins in the hopes of finding them. An engineer has claimed the missing passengers could still be alive in air pockets 164ft below the surface, meaning divers - who can only remain underwater for ten minutes per dive due to the depth of where the wreck is - are competing in a race against time. Their operation has been hampered by difficulty getting into the ship with divers forced to smash their way through a 3cm-thick porthole to gain access to one area and other parts of the wrecked vessel blocked by furniture.
One expert at the scene said an early focus of the official investigation into the tragedy, launched by prosecutors in nearby Termini Imerese, would be whether the yacht's crew had closed access hatches into the vessel before the storm struck. Investigators would look at whether appropriate measures had been taken, given the forecasts for bad weather overnight, and if any of the crew members are criminally liable. 06:53 Good morning Hello and welcome to MailOnline's live coverage of the Sicily yacht sinking as the search for six missing passengers enters its third day.
Divers searching the wreck will today attempt to enter cabins on the Bayesian after rescuers managed to smash through a 3cm-thick porthole with the help of a local blacksmith with experience working on boats. Six passengers remain unaccounted for. British tech tycoon Mike Lynch, his 18-year-old daughter Hannah, Morgan Stanley International chairman Jonathan Bloomer, his wife Judy, a former charity trustee and American nationals Chris Morvillo and his wife Neda are feared dead.
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