Superyacht sunk in Sicily: among the 6 missing, the British tycoon Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter. Divers search at 49 meters depth – Photos – Photo 1 of 12

Tragedy off the coast of Palermo, in Porticello: the Bayesian, a vessel flying the flag of the United Kingdom, sank due to bad weather: one person died, six are missing. Fifteen people were rescued, including a child. 6 people are missing, including the British tycoon Mike Lynch, 59, founder of the multinational computer company Autonomy, and his 18-year-old daughter Hannah.
The speleo-divers of the fire department from Rome, Sassari and Cagliari, landed near Porticello to conduct the search at a depth of 49 meters. The divers will try to understand if the bodies of the six missing were trapped inside the vessel.

It should be the body of the chef born in Canada, but resident in Antigua, the one recovered by firefighter divers near the vessel Bayesian, which sank in the roadstead in front of the port of Porticello in Santa Flavia, Sicily.
Confirmation is awaited from other crew members and the captain of the vessel for identification. He was the only crew member among the ten on board who was missing.
The other missing people are all passengers who were spending their holidays in Sicily.
The Termini Imerese Prosecutor’s Office has opened an investigation to ascertain the exact dynamics of what happened.

Testimony of the captain of the Dutch ship that rescued the passengers of the Bayesian
“They wanted to return to port but we saw bad weather and we tried to stabilize the boat, then we saw another boat that was sinking, next to us and we immediately provided assistance”. So said Karsten Börner, the commander of the Sir Robert Baden Powell, the Dutch ship that provided assistance to the Bayesan, the sailing boat that sank at dawn off the coast of Porticello.
“We were planning to go to the port of Arenella in Palermo but we were hit by a storm – continues the commander – we tried to hold the position with the engines on. Then we realized that the boat next to ours was no longer there. We saw a red signal flare coming from the area of ​​the boat, so my first officer and I climbed into the tender and went to provide assistance: we recovered 15 shipwrecked people, including a little girl. After raising the alarm, the Coast Guard units also arrived. We heard screams, we continued to search the area but we did not find anyone other than the 15 survivors who had already been rescued”, concludes commander Börner.