Italy - Sailing yacht sank off Italian coast, 15 rescued, 7 missing, 19 August 2024

[Alyce]

The Chief of Civil Protection later confirmed the bodies had been identified as Mr Lynch and his daughter Hannah, before announcing that two more bodies have been found and are about to be recovered by divers

Bodies of Mike Lynch and his daughter Hannah found in sunken yacht

Search teams made the tragic discovery today while scouring through the wreckage of the Bayesian, which sank off the coast of Sicily after being hit by a 'black swan' waterspout.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[PrairieWind]

I don’t really understand how air pockets work in a completely submerged vessel. Unless there’s a watertight room, or a section that’s still above the water level, surely the whole boat is going to quickly get full of water?

I would think there would be quite a few small air pockets that form in a capsized and submerged vessel. But they would be fairly small, and it is totally dark. So the chances of a person finding one would be small. And even if they did, it is still totally dark, the air pocket is small and the oxygen would be depleted pretty quickly. Personally, I don't think anyone on this boat survived in an air pocket for more than an hour or so if they were able to find one.

 

[Hygge]

“Firefighters divers discovered four bodies in the sunken luxury yacht called Bayesian. Two of them, a woman and a man, could be recovered until the early evening. According to media reports, it is probably the British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch and his daughter.”

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“Hatch open, sword pulled in​

Thus, hatches and portholes were open, which allowed large amounts of water to enter in a short time. In addition, the movable sword of the ship still at anchor, which provides stability, was apparently not extended. So the ship sank in a few minutes.”

„Bayesian": Warum die Yacht vor Sizilien so schnell sank

Rettungskräfte haben mehrere Leichen aus der gesunkenen Luxusyacht geborgen, darunter offenbar auch die des Unternehmers Lynch. Und es gibt neue Hinweise zum möglichen Hergang der Tragödie.

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It’s all so very sad.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Bodies found inside luxury yacht that sank off Sicily

The discovery follows a rescue operation off the Italian coast where British tech tycoon Mike Lynch and others were believed trapped in the hull of the Bayesian luxury sailboat.

www.nbcnews.com

PORTICELLO, Sicily — Divers recovered four bodies Wednesday from inside a superyacht that sank in a sudden storm off Sicily, Salvatore Cocina, director of the island's Civil Protection Agency, confirmed to NBC News. Two passengers remain missing.

Cocina did not say whose bodies were found, but the discovery follows a dayslong search in the deep seas off the Italian coast where British tech tycoon Mike Lynch and several others were believed trapped in the luxury sailboat's hull. Fifteen of the 22 people aboard survived.

The rest had been missing since early Monday, when the Bayesian was caught in the storm while anchored off the coast of Porticello, a village near the Sicilian capital city of Palermo...