British tech tycoon Mike Lynch is among the five bodies recovered from the wreck of the £30 million superyacht that sank in a storm off the coast of Sicily.
MORE PEOPLE IDENTIFIED
Morgan Stanley chairman Jonathan Bloomer, his wife Judith, Mr Lynch’s lawyer Christopher Morvillo, and his wife Neda have also been identified.
Mr Lynch’s 18-year-old daughter Hannah is still missing.
Sicily’s Chief of Civil Protection Salvo Cocina said yesterday he believed the Oxford bound teen was among the bodies recovered yesterday, but this morning the Italian Coastguard confirmed she is yet to be found.
A fire service boat with flashing blue lights returned with a blue body bag to Porticello at just after 8.45am local time.
A source close to the operation told news agency Reuters that 59-year-old Mr Lynch’s body was recovered this morning.
Search teams made the tragic discoveries of the other four bodies yesterday while scouring through the ruins of luxury sailboat Bayesian.
HOW HIS BODY WAS RECOVERED
The fifth body was discovered late last night, but dive teams were unable to bring it to shore before night fell.
It brings the total number of confirmed deaths to six after the body of Recaldo Thomas was discovered on the day of the sinking.
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Brent Hoberman, a friend of Mr Lynch’s for 28 years, says his death is ‘unbelievably tragic’ and his friends and family had been ‘hoping for a miracle’.
The Bayesian sank after being hit by a ‘black swan’ waterspout on Monday at 5am.
Body bags were seen being taken to the port of Porticello on Wednesday afternoon, with the process of bringing the fifth body to shore being described by Mr Cocina as ‘ongoing’.
