Search and rescue teams recovered the final missing person from a luxury superyacht that sunk off the coast of Sicily, the Italian Coast Guard has said.
The woman’s body was discovered in the wreckage and brought ashore on Friday. She has not been identified.
However, Hannah Lynch, the 18-year-old daughter of British tech magnate Mike Lynch was previously reportedly unaccounted for and the body is likely hers.
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Rescue personnel transport what is believed to be the body of Hannah Lynch, daughter of British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch, at the scene where a luxury yacht sank, off the coast of Porticello, near the Sicilian city of Palermo, Italy, Aug. 23, 2024. (REUTERS/Louiza Vradi)
The Lynch family was aboard the Bayesian, a 184-foot British-flagged yacht, that sank after capsizing while anchored off the coast of northern Sicily on Monday.
Bayesian had 22 people on board — 12 passengers and 10 crew — when it capsized and sank within minutes of being hit by a predawn storm.
Six people died in the incident.
Mike Lynch’s body was recovered Thursday and he was apparently aboard the vessel to celebrate his recent acquittal in a U.S. fraud case with associates who helped him through the trial.
Christopher Morvillo, an American lawyer with Clifford Chance who defended Lynch in the fraud case also died, as did Morgan Stanley International chairman Jonathan Bloomer, who testified in Lynch’s defense.
Morvillo’s wife, Neda, and Bloomer’s wife, Judy, were also among the missing.
Divers have been searching for the missing in the hull of the Bayesian, which now rests on the seabed 164 feet underwater.
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Civil protection officials said they believe the ship was struck by a tornado over the water, known as a waterspout, sometime around 5 a.m. Monday near the port of Porticello where it was anchored and then sank quickly.
This is a developing story, please check back for updates.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
