Moment Bayesian yacht engulfed by storm

CCTV footage has shown the moment a storm off the coast of Sicily engulfed the Bayesian luxury yacht carrying 22 people.

The superyacht was moored around half-a-mile off the coast of Porticello when it sank at around 5am local time on Monday as the area was hit by a storm.

British technology tycoon Mike Lynch and five others are feared to have died, with their bodies trapped inside. An expert has suggested they could be relaying air pockets to survive.

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[bjrn]

At the end of the video, the light at the top of the mast is still visible.. so what are we supposed to see here?

[idfofvr]

I've dropped my plan to buy a 184 ft yacht. No sailing for me. I'll just drive everywhere in my 95 Corolla.

[eastcoastuk]

A storm that sinks a 184 ft yacht but hardly moves a cover on a little boat. What the hell is this about. ?

[aslansgirl]

You can still see the anchor light at the end of the video. Where’s the rest of the video? Why does it cut off?

[Morbazan]

I just find it a bit weird how the guy was in a fraud case and his witness also died in a car accident

[sladehelicoptersgaming]

All this shows is some rain ! Talk about click bait

[Dere]

The prior probability of this happening was very low, but once the storm started it was much higher

[DariuszSienkiewicz]

Why is there no full recording? The masthead light is visible until the end. The yacht did not sink in the film.

[EastonUlster]

I'm 59 was in navy at one point, are they treating us like fools.??? It sunk the yacht but that small boat in front of camera has not even lost its cover. Seriously please reply, am I missing something?? 😮😮

[garydman]

A 184 foot yacht sinks to the bottom while all the 40 foot boats around it are barely moving? Come on man!!!

[keithbenson]

I read it had the tallest mast of any yacht afloat.

[MrBrutal]

The only reason this is attracting so much attention is because the people on board were wealthy...if it had been a family from Bridlington it would have been forgotten already

[paolomassarelli]

This is not the moment of the sinking. At the end, the light at the top of the mast is still visible.

[AnitaPerkins]

the video does NOT show the boat going down. You can still see the lights on the mast even at the end.

[wtf]

Useless video..

btw - rich people are not immortal

[limyrob]

No its not. If you watch the mast head light its healed over (0:23) but the video stops before the mast fails or the boat capsizes.

[BristolEngland]

His co-defendant was killed when struck by a car whilst out jogging last week. What a coincidence!

[GregNFresh]

Ce qui est incroyable maintenant, c'est qu'il y a des caméras partout pour filmer n'importe quoi.

[swerne]

This is before it goes down. The masthead light stays in the same position throughout the video. Definitely quite a storm though.

[technogong]

raises more questions than answers, thanks media...