The bodies of British tycoon Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter were recovered by Italian rescuers from the yacht Bayesian, which sank early Monday morning off the coast of Sicily.
Earlier, divers had identified two other bodies inside the sunken vessel.
As noted by the BBC, another body was located at the wreck site, and divers are attempting to retrieve it.
Six dead
Along with the chef of the Bayesian, who was found dead a few hours after the sinking, the death toll has now risen to six.
According to the Daily Telegraph, citing the head of Sicily’s Civil Protection service, two of the bodies found today belong to the British tycoon Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter.
Mike Lynch. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/File Photo
The Timeline
The yacht, owned by Lynch’s wife, was carrying 22 passengers and crew and was anchored off Porticello, near Palermo, when it capsized and sank during a violent storm early Monday morning.
The yacht had been anchored about 700 meters offshore and was caught in the path of a marine vortex, which literally flipped it over and sank it within minutes.
Twelve passengers and ten crew members, most of whom were British citizens, were on board the vessel.
Cruise “celebration”
According to a source close to the businessman, Mike Lynch had organized the cruise to celebrate his acquittal in June in a fraud case in the U.S. with family members, some employees, and his lawyers.
Lynch’s wife, Angela Bakaris, has been rescued, along with 14 other individuals.
Yesterday, the body of the yacht’s chef, a man born in Canada with Antigua citizenship, was also recovered.
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