Tuesday, August 20, 2024
UK tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch among missing in Sicily yacht sinking
One man dead and six people missing including Lynch and his daughter after superyacht carrying 22 sank in storm
The British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch is missing after a superyacht sank off the coast of Sicily during a violent storm.
The British-flagged Bayesian, a 56-metre sailboat, was carrying 22 people and anchored just off shore near the port of Porticello when it was hit by a tornado in the early hours, the Italian coastguard said in a statement.
One man, understood to be the vessel’s chef, was confirmed dead and six others, including Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter, Hannah, remained unaccounted for on Monday evening. The coastguard said the missing had British, American and Canadian nationalities.
Fifteen people were rescued, including Lynch’s wife, Angela Bacares, who owned the boat, and a one-year-old girl who was saved by her mother
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