Sicily: divers launch fresh search for six missing after yacht capsized – video report

Specialist divers have launched a fresh search for six people missing after a yacht capsized off the coast of Sicily, including the British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch and his teenage daughter. The British-flagged Bayesian, a 56-metre sailboat, was carrying 22 people and anchored just offshore near the port of Porticello when it was hit by a waterspout at about 5am local time (4am BST) on Monday, the Italian coastguard said. One man, Ricardo Thomas, understood to be the vessel’s chef and an Antiguan citizen, was confirmed dead. Six others, including Lynch, 59, and his 18-year-old daughter, Hannah, remained unaccounted for on Tuesday morning. Jonathan Bloomer, the chair of Morgan Stanley International, and Chris Morvillo, a lawyer at the legal firm Clifford Chance, are also missing along with their wives

Sicily yacht sinking – latest news

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