The bodies of British tycoon Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter were retrieved by Italian rescuers from the yacht Bayesian, which sank early Monday off the coast of Sicily.
Earlier, divers had identified two other bodies inside the sunken vessel.
As noted by the BBC, another body has been located at the wreck, and divers are attempting to recover it.
The death toll rises to six
Along with the chef of the Bayesian, who was found dead a few hours after the sinking, the death toll now stands at six.
According to the Daily Telegraph, citing the head of the Civil Protection Service of Sicily, two of the bodies found today belong to British tycoon Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter.
Mike Lynch. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/File Photo
Chronology of events
The vessel, 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 severe storm in the early hours of Monday.
The yacht had anchored about 700 meters offshore and was caught in the path of a waterspout, which literally overturned it and sank it within minutes.
Twelve passengers and ten crew members, mostly British nationals, were aboard the ship.
“Celebration” cruise
According to a source close to the businessman, Mike Lynch had organized the cruise to celebrate his exoneration in June in a fraud case in the U.S. with some family members, employees, and his lawyers.
Lynch’s wife, Angela Bakaris, has been rescued, along with 14 other people.
Yesterday, the body of the yacht’s chef, a man born in Canada with Antigua citizenship, was also recovered.
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