The Italian coast guard says search and rescue teams have rescued the last missing person from a luxury superyacht that sank off the coast of Sicily.
The woman’s body was found in the wreckage and brought ashore on Friday. Her identity has not been released.
However, Hannah Lynch, the 18-year-old daughter of British tech tycoon Mike Lynch, was previously reported missing and the body is likely to be hers.
Six people believed to be dead after luxury yacht sinks off the coast of Italy
Rescue workers remove a body believed to be that of Hannah Lynch, daughter of British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch, from the site of a luxury yacht that sank off the coast of Porticello, near Palermo, Sicily, Italy, on August 23, 2024. (Reuters/Luisa Vladi)
The Lynch family was aboard the 184-foot, British-flagged yacht, the Baysian, which capsized and sank while anchored off the northern coast of Sicily on Monday.
The Baysian had 22 people on board, including 12 passengers and 10 crew members. Capsized and sank Within minutes of being hit by a pre-dawn storm.
Six people died in the incident.
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Mike Lynch’s body was recovered on Thursday, apparently having been on board to celebrate his recent acquittal in a US fraud case with colleagues who had helped him at trial.
Christopher Morvillo, the American lawyer for Clifford Chance who represented Lynch, Fraud case Jonathan Bloomer, chairman of Morgan Stanley International, who testified in Lynch’s defense, also died.
Morbillo’s wife, Neda, and Bloomer’s wife, Judy, were also among the missing.
Divers are searching for missing people inside the wreck of the Baysian, which now lies 164 feet below the surface.
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Civil defense officials said they believe the ship was struck by what they call a water tornado around 5 a.m. Monday near the port of Porticello, where it was docked, and then quickly sank.
This is a developing story so check back for updates.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
