Search and rescue efforts resumed in the morning, August 20, after one man died and six people went missing, including British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch and Morgan Stanley CEO Jonathan Bloomer, when a luxury yacht sank off Sicily.
The captain was interviewed in a hospital room in the town close to Palermo. Bayesian yacht sinks off Sicily latest updates: Search resumes for missing six superyacht passengersThe liferaft from the sunken Bayesian superyacht, in which some of the 15 survivors were able to escape as the luxury vessel sank into the waters around Sicily, has been pictured for the first time.
Among those missing is Mr Lynch's 18-year-old daughter, Hannah, a former pupil at Latymer Upper School in West London who received her A-Level results last week and was offered a place at Oxford. Today, a spokesman for the school said they were 'incredibly shocked' by the news of the sinking and shared their thoughts with 'her family and everyone involved'.
The life raft helped save the lives of 15 people after it self-inflated as the Bayesian sank beneath the waves on Monday morning Mike Lynch's superyacht Bayesian was anchored off the coast of Porticello, near Palermo, Sicily, when a waterspout struck the area just before 5am on Monday, wrecking the boat and causing it to rapidly disappear beneath the waves
The luxury sailboat was anchored just a few hundred metres off the coast of Porticello on calm seas when it was suddenly struck by a violent waterspout just before 5am on Monday. The injured who were rescued by the medics and taken to hospital are James Emsilie, 35 years old with his wife Sharlotte Golunski 35 years old and little Sophia, one year old. They are all English and are in the Children's Hospital.
Read More Daylight search resumes for six people missing including British tech tycoon Mike Lynch, his daughter and Morgan Stanley boss after luxury superyacht sunk in storm while moored just 300m off coast of Sicily - amid fears bodies are trapped inside vessel He said the baby had 'slept well' last night.
Eerily, the specialist cave divers called in for the search and rescue operation found 'virtually everything intact' on board, with little sign of damage, and 'no rips in the side, no signs of impact,' he told MailOnline. His choice of words however told the unpleasant truth: 'We will do everything to recover the bodies. The weather conditions are worsening but we hope to continue operations without problems'.'We have just finished the first dive, now we do a briefing and continue for the whole day,' he added.
It is up to the group of cave divers from Rome and Sassari, who have specialist training and equipment, to enter the yacht to take stock of the situation. Some of them, the inspector says, also worked on the case of the Costa Concordia. Meanwhile, climate expert have said warm weather and poor visibility played a role in the sinking, and claimed the crew should have paid more attention to weather warnings.
Two men in a coastguard vessel head out of the harbour in Porticello this morning, more than 24 hours after the superyacht sank more videos An emergency and rescue service boat navigates on the sea near the site where a luxury yacht sank, off the coast of Porticello, near the Sicilian city of Palermo, Italy, August 19
One maritime expert has said that the sinking of the boat was 'unprecedented' and that a vessel the size of the Bayesian should not have been able to capsize in that weather. 'There isn't really much the captain or the crew could do to prepare for these events given how rare they are,' he said. One expert at the scene of the disaster who declined to be named said an early focus of the investigation into what happened would be whether the yacht's crew had had time to close access hatches into the vessel before the storm struck.
more videos Divers operate in the sea to search for the missing, including British entrepreneur Mike Lynch, after a luxury yacht sank off Sicily, Italy August 19 'Access was limited to the bridge, due to the difficulty represented by the presence of furnishings obstructing the divers' passage,' the fire crews said in a statement.
Ms Golunski, an Oxford graduate and senior associate at Mike Lynch's company Invoke Capital, yesterday told of her fight to prevent her child from drowning. Charlotte Golunski, 36, and her young daughter Sofia were two of 22 people aboard the superyacht when it was battered in a storm before sinking a few hundred metres from the port of Porticello on Monday morning
Read More The doomed party, haunting last photo and the cruel double tragedy twist: As cave divers join search for bodies, how Mike Lynch's 'victory' celebration on superyacht happened at the 'wrong place, wrong time' She added that her family had survived because they were on the deck when the ship began to sink, rather than trapped in the cabins below.
The yacht trip appeared to be something of a celebration after Lynch's acquittal, with guests including members of his legal team as well as friends, family and witnesses who stood by Lynch throughout the trial. more videos The Bayesian's hull and the superstructure, the part above the main deck, were made from aluminium
Read More The 'missing superyacht six': Morgan Stanley International chairman Jonathan Bloomer and his wife amongst those to have disappeared' off the coast of Sicily after freak waterspout sank British tech tycoon Mike Lynch's luxury vessel She got up and left her cabin to see what was happening - a decision that almost certainly saved her life - but within seconds the ship was being battered by the waterspout.
'But for the rest, we didn't find anyone,' he said from the port hours later, adding that he immediately alerted the coast guard and stayed on-site for three hours, but didn't find any survivors.Mr Lynch had been celebrating after a court victory in the United States after being accused of fraud following the disastrous $11billion sale of his company Autonomy to Hewlett-Packard in 2011.
Mr Lynch had potentially faced up to 20 years in a US prison if found guilty of 16 counts of conspiracy, and securities and wire fraud, which he denied.Mr Chamberlain was fatally injured just days before billionaire tech tycoon Lynch went missing off the coast of Sicily when a superyacht was caught in a freak 'whirlwind'.
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