Autonomy founder's wife rescued, though six others unaccounted for
Mike Lynch, often dubbed the UK's answer to Bill Gates, is reported missing after a luxury yacht sank off the coast of Sicily this morning.suggest the British entrepreneur is missing after the Bayesian, a 56-meter superyacht, sank near Porticello in storms at around 5am local time.
Karsten Borner, the captain of a ship that rescued the survivors, told local news outlets that there was a"strong hurricane gust and we had to start the engine to keep the ship in an angled position.
"The firefighters' divers dove to reach the hull, which appears to be 49 meters deep about half a mile from the coast." The Bayesian had mostly Brit nationals on board, along with a New Zealander, a Sri Lankan citizen, two Ango-French and an Irishman, the authorities said. Seven of the 22 on board were given first aid, and none of them are in a serious condition. Another seven were reported as being at the port, a child is in hospital and seven more are missing, including Lynch.of criminal fraud and conspiracy charges arising from the 2011 sale of Autonomy to HP.
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