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The search for British technology tycoon Mike Lynch and his teenage daughter will resume on Tuesday after a luxury yacht sank in a tornado off the coast of Sicily . Mr Lynch and his daughter Hannah are among six tourists missing a fter the yacht, named Bayesian, was battered during intense storms off the coast of Palermo in the early hours of Monday. Morgan Stanley International bank chairman Jonathan Bloomer and Clifford Chance lawyer Chris Morvillo are also among the missing, the head of Sicily's Civil Protection said.

The 56m Bayesian was carrying 22 people including Brits, Americans and Canadians when it sank. Fifteen people were rescued including a mother and her one-year-old daughter. Survivors said the trip had been organised by Lynch for his work colleagues.



The search for those missing was due to begin at 6.30 local time (.:30 BST) on Tuesday, Italian newspaper La Reppublica reported.

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