A Search & Rescue team has been conducting a full search mission in Palermo, Italy, after a tornado off the coast of Sicily sunk a luxury yacht.
Do you know more about what happened? Email [email protected]. Follow all the developments in MailOnline's live blog hereBritish tech tycoon Mike Lynch is missing along with six other tourists after his luxury superyacht was hit by a freak waterspout and sank off the coast of Sicily this morning, it has emerged.
Divers are desperately searching the wreck of the Bayesian, which is on the sea bed 160ft beneath the water. Tragically, the body of a man - believed to be the boat's chef - was found floating alongside the vessel earlier today. British tech tycoon Mike Lynch is understood to be among the British tourists who are missing after the the Bayesian superyacht sank The British-flagged Bayesian is thought to have arrived in Porticello after a stopping in Milazzo, around 100 miles up the coast towards the Italian mainlandA local Facebook group shared a picture of the yacht at anchor last night.
The 59-year-old tycoon had spent much of the previous year living under house arrest with an electronic tag attached to his ankle. A member of staff who worked at Lynch's Chelsea home has told The Times that the businessman 'clearly had a lot of pride in the yacht'. Karsten Borner, the captain of the boat, has described how his vessel was battered by strong gusts, with his team working to stabilise it and manoeuvre it to avoid hitting the Bayesian nearby.
Incredibly, a group of 15 of the passengers managed to inflate a lifeboat and clamber aboard, before being rescued by a nearby vessel. The Sir Robert BP, a Dutch sailing ship which had been anchored nearby the Bayesian, is believed to have rescued some of those on board The boat is thought to have arrived in Porticello after a stopping in Milazzo, around 100 miles up the coast towards the Italian mainland.
Divers are scouring the wreckage of the superyacht, which is 160ft underwater off the coast of SicilyEmergency and rescue services work near the scene where a sailboat sank in the early hours of Monday, off the coast of PorticelloFabio Cefalù, a fisherman who spotted the shipwrecked boat off the coast, said he called for help at 4.30 this morning.
Among the survivors is the boat's captain, who reportedly managed to save himself and is said to be very upset by the incident.She was pulled from the sea by a firefighter, Corriere reports, before being rushed to the Children's Hospital of Palermo. The ship they were staying on is managed by Camper and Nicholsons International. The company says it is assisting in the search efforts in Palermo.'Our priority is assisting with the ongoing search and providing all necessary support to the rescued passengers and crew,' a spokesperson said.
'They had a personal chef who worked both on the boat and in their home. When I visited there were leftovers from their last boat trip in the fridge which he let the serving staff have.'
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