Search continues for six people missing after superyacht sinks off Sicily | BBC News

The search is continuing for six people missing off the coast of Sicily after the British-flagged superyacht Bayesian sank during a storm on Monday.

Divers are struggling to reach the cabins of the luxury yacht, saying there is a “world of objects” blocking access to the rooms.

Of the 22 people on board, 15 survived, six are missing- including British tech tycoon Mike Lynch - and one body has been found

Separately, it has emerged that Mike Lynch's co-defendant in a recent major legal case, Stephen Chamberlain, died on Saturday in a road accident.



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[ahansen]

6:34 And while he is explaining the devastating force of a water spout, a small boat is sailing right trough it, in the background 🙄

[martalisabrondin]

So happy the mother saved the baby and bothsurvived! God bless

[temitoluwani]

Are the lives of the missing six rich people more important than the lives of the crew?
Nothing said about the missing crew members

[Jhnny]

Oh noooo rich people dying. Boats go down all the time… the ocean is not a forgiving place. Idk why this news is such a big deal

[alv]

I’m Im sorry but this is very strange! How come that guy died in a car accident and he’s now dead in a multi million yacht.. hmm

[theRab]

Why so much coverage? Media does not show this much interest for the others that died

[kimmimartyn]

Well this all sounds dodgy! Steven was hit and then lynch has gone
Just after they won a case too.... Interesting

[moorhs]

50m under water the divers are taking 1 minute to come up??? These rescue divers are about to die from the bends ...

[albertliu]

I suspect that the passengers or crew had some of the windows or external cargo doors opened at the lower deck due to the hot weather (and it is very hot this time of the year in Sicily). As soon as the ship was hit by the wind and the swell, water poured in through those openings and with a 75m tall mast, it further destabilised the ship's centre of gravity, causing it to capsize in 2 to 3 minutes. People at the lower deck did not have a chance once the ship was flipped over and disoriented inside the hull with water rushing in to fill up all the remaining air spaces.

[qazaq_dalasy]

A yacht of that magnitude cannot be destroyed by a storm, especially on these relatively calm waters

[graphdatascientist]

this is so so so tragic, , i am crying

[maxasaurus]

This ESL interpreter is ten out of ten.

[ronamain]

I thought the interpretor was Rishi Sunak.😂

[johnwright]

Having worked in the maritime industry all my life I find this very close to impossible to believe. Something definitely does not ad up.

[Viccobalta]

Few obscenely rich people died doing something <0.01% of viewers can relate to. Why is this news?

[LeL-qe]

I think there's a higher hand at work here. So this guy, the owner and his lawyer both drowned. The owner was accused of an $11 billion dollar fraud. He was acquitted after a trial that took 10 years to reach its conclusion. As a show of gratitude (or gloating) he invited friends aboard the yacht and it keeled over and sank during a storm.The other guests have nothing do with this of course. Karma comes to mind. The co defendant also acquitted died in a car wreck? Wow! This is def. karma. Just saying.

[destiny]

Sounds like a case of ‘Final Destination’ to me 👀

[old_pilot]

The Ship builders are blaming the crew. While that may be a contributing factor the height of the mast made the boat extremely top heavy and far more subject to sinking

[DixieNormas]

what in the assassination is going on here 😅. stop liking my comment 😳😅😅😅

[aaronmicalowe]

If only they put as much effort finding the people Greece threw into the ocean.