NEW pictures show the tiny life raft that saved 11 people after the Bayesian superyacht sank in Italy on Monday. The £14million luxury vessel plunged more than 160ft to the bottom of the sea after it was toppled by extreme weather at around 5am on Monday. 6 The small life raft up close in Porticello harbour Credit: Reuters 6 The emergency device was used to rescue 11 people from the wreck 6 The Bayesian sailing boat, in Palermo, Sicily 6 Angela Bacares with her husband British tech billionaire Mike Lynch The mast collapsed when it was hit by heavy storms and a tornado, causing the boat to capsize off the coast of Palermo, with four Brits and two Americans still yet to be found.
Fifteen people were rescued in total, with most of them clinging to the small orange life-raft as they were pulled from the water. The yacht's chef, Ricardo Thomas, was confirmed dead after rescuers found his body near the wreck on Monday. UK billionaire tycoon Mike Lynch, 59, and his daughter Hannah, 18, are among the missing but his wife Angela Bacares, 57, was saved.
British tourist Charlotte Golunski, 35, was also rescued with her one-year-old baby from...
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