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Rescuers recover body of last missing person after Sicily superyacht sinking

August 23, 2024 7:54 PM IST

Italian rescue divers have found the body of the last person missing after British tech magnate Mike Lynch’s family yacht sank off Sicily, believed to be his daughter Hannah, a source close to the matter told Reuters on Friday (August 23).

The British-flagged Bayesian, a 56-meter-long (184-foot) luxury sail boat carrying 22 passengers and crew, was anchored off the port of Porticello, near Palermo, when it capsized and rapidly sank after being struck by a pre-dawn storm on Monday (August 19).

The source did not identify the body as belonging to 18-year-old Hannah Lynch, but she was the only person still unaccounted for. Italian news agency Adnkronos said she was found inside the yacht.

The wreck is lying at a depth of 50 meters and once inside the passageways are narrow.

(Reuters)

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