Search teams made the tragic discoveries while scouring through the ruins of the luxury sailboat in coast of Sicily. The Chief of Civil Protection have confirmed two bodies were identified as British tech billionaire Mr Lynch and his daughter.
Bayesian yacht sinking latest: Hannah Lynch remains lost at seaA decision on whether to raise the doomed £30 million Bayesian to the surface is currently 'not on the agenda', the Italian Coastguard has said.
British tech tycoon Mike Lynch is among the five bodies that have so far been recovered from the wreck. British tech tycoon Mike Lynch, 59, is among the five bodies recovered from the wreck of the £30 million superyacht that sank in a storm off the coast of Sicily Rescue personnel work at the scene today where luxury yacht Bayesian sank off the coast of Porticello, near the Sicilian city of Palermo
Italian prosecutors have opened an investigation into why the superyacht sank - described as 'unsinkable' by a CEO of a boat manufacturing. 'The controversies about the mast are sterile controversies because the mast, according to those who have seen it, is intact,' they said. People embrace at the scene where a luxury yacht sank, as divers continue to search for 18-year-old Hannah Lynch
Search teams made the tragic discoveries of the other four bodies yesterday while scouring through the ruins of luxury sailboat Bayesian, which is resting on the seabed at a depth of 164ft. The Royal Academy of Engineering paid tribute to its 'mentor, donor and former council member' Mr Lynch following his death, while technology industry group TechUK called him a 'hugely significant and pioneering figure'.
Today, the children's charity's chairman Neil Berkett paid tribute to the 70-year-old and his wife Judy. 'It's dark. It's a platform that they've never been inside before, and they're having to recover bodies. That's huge amounts of psychological stress for those for those divers.'Body bags were seen being taken to the port of Porticello on Wednesday afternoon, with the process of bringing the fifth body to shore being described by Mr Cocina as 'ongoing'.
The head of Palermo Emergency Medical Services, Dr Fabio Genco, told the BBC that there had been 'apocalyptic' scenes in the aftermath of the sinking. The ship's captain, James Cutfield, 51, was reportedly quizzed by authorities for two hours as they began questioning all crew members The superyacht was docked off the coast of Porticello, near Palermo, when it was hit by an over-sea tornado, known as a waterspout
The captain of a yacht, the Sir Robert BP, who helped to rescue them, described how those aboard his vessel spotted the distress flare set off from a life raft. 'They stepped over to our tender and we brought them back to our ship. There we took good care of them, gave them dry clothes, towels, blankets, tea and coffee and so on and took care of them.'A team of four British inspectors from the Marine Accident Investigation Branch also arrived in Porticello to look at the site of the sinking.
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