Final Victim Found After Capsized Bayesian Superyacht Tragedy Near Sicily – One America News Network
OAN Staff James Meyers
8:05 AM – Friday, August 23, 2024
Divers have discovered the last body off the sunken superyacht Bayesian off the coast of Sicily, according to the head of the island’s Civil Protection agency, Salvo Cocina, according to CBS News.
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British tech giant Mike Lynch’s 18-year-old daughter, Hannah was discovered Friday morning, ending a stressful five-day rescue operation.
Multiple sources claimed they witnessed a body bag being taken ashore from a boat in Porticello, which is a port near the Italian island’s main city, Palermo.
The family was celebrating Lynch’s celebrating his recent acquittal on fraud charges in the United States with people who defended him at the trial. However, the 184-foot Bayesian went down during a tumultuous storm while being anchored off the coast of Palermo early Monday.
After the superyacht capsized, 15 people were rescued, but six others were declared missing. Divers brought out the bodies of five of them from the ship’s wreck Thursday, with one of them identified as Lynch. Additionally, the ship’s cook Recaldo Thomas, was recovered just after the wreck took place.
A spokesperson for the Lynch family said Friday: “The Lynch family is devastated, in shock and is being comforted and supported by family and friends. Their thoughts are with everyone affected by the tragedy. They would like to sincerely thank the Italian coastguard, emergency services and all those who helped in the rescue. Their one request now is that their privacy be respected at this time of unspeakable grief.”
Testimonies of survivors that have emerged through the Italian medics who treated them have suggested the wreck took place in just minutes and came as a shock.
Additionally, the superyacht’s designer said in interviews that he believes the incident could have been caused by human error.
Meanwhile, the local prosecutor’s office has launched an investigation, and has scheduled a news conference for Saturday.
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