PORTICELLO, Italy (Reuters) – Divers resumed a search on Wednesday for survivors after British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch’s yacht sank off the coast of Sicily amid an intense storm two days in the past, although hopes dwindled of discovering the six lacking individuals alive.
The British-flagged Bayesian, a 56-metre-long (184-ft) superyacht, was carrying 22 passengers and crew and was anchored off the port of Porticello, close to Palermo, when it capsized throughout a fierce, pre-dawn tempest on Monday.
Fifteen individuals survived, the physique of 1 one that died was recovered promptly, and 6 individuals stay unaccounted for, together with Lynch, his 18-year-old daughter and Jonathan Bloomer, a non-executive chair of Morgan Stanley Worldwide.
A Reuters photographer noticed coast guard rescue vessels depart Porticello early on Wednesday to go for the positioning of the incident, after the search was paused in a single day.
With the sunken boat mendacity at a depth of round 50 metres, makes an attempt to find survivors or our bodies have been tough.
Fireplace brigade officers say divers have solely 8-10 minutes on the wreck website earlier than having to resurface. Their efforts have been hampered by the “very confined” areas contained in the wreck, hearth division spokesman Luca Cari stated.
Consultants have been at a loss to clarify how a big luxurious vessel, presumed to have top-class fittings and security options, might have sunk inside minutes, as recounted by witnesses. One other yacht anchored subsequent to it was unhurt by the tempest.
Matthew Schanck, chair of the Maritime Search and Rescue Council, stated the Bayesian was the sufferer of a “high impact” and uncommon climate occasion.
“Looking at the extreme weather, if it was a water spout, which it appears to be, it’s what I would class as like a black swan event,” he advised Reuters. “And even outside of the maritime industry, all industries struggle with the black swan events.”
He stated he was assured the authorities would “get to the bottom” of what triggered the shipwreck, due to the accounts of survivors, witnesses and examination of the ship, which seems to have remained intact on the seabed.
