After a yacht sinks off Sicily, the search continues for six missing people via Reuters
PALERMO, Sicily (Reuters) – Rescue teams were preparing in Sicily to continue the search for six people missing, including British businessman Mike Lynch and his daughter, after a luxury yacht hit by a powerful storm sank on Monday, killing one. they are riding.
The British-flagged “Bayesian,” a 56-meter-long (184-ft) boat, carrying 22 people, was grounded in Porticello harbor when it was hit by bad weather.
Jonathan Bloomer, chairman of Morgan Stanley International and Chris Morvillo, the Clifford Chance lawyer who represented Lynch in the long-running US case, were among the missing.
The wives of both men are also unknown, said Salvatore Cocina, head of Civil Protection in Sicily.
Divers reached the vessel on Monday when it was about 50 meters deep, but they could not enter because of the objects in the way, said the fire department.
Fifteen people escaped before the boat went down, including Lynch's wife, Angela Bacares, who owns the boat, and a one-year-old girl.
On Monday, rescue teams recovered the body of the boat's cook, identified as Antiguan resident Ricardo Thomas.
