Body of Mike Lynch recovered from superyacht wreck as Italian divers search for final missing person

Italian coast guard says final missing person from Bayesian is a woman

Divers recover five bodies in sunken yacht

WARNING-Graphic Footage: Fox News reporter Madison Scarpino has the latest on the tragedy off the coast of Sicily on 'America Reports.'

The Italian coast guard said the body of billionaire tech mogul Mike Lynch was among the five bodies recovered from the luxury superyacht that sank off the coast of Sicily earlier this week. The final person that divers are still searching for as of Thursday is a woman.

Divers brought a body bag holding a fifth person ashore at Porticello port on Thursday while continuing to search for the sixth missing passenger who was aboard the 184-foot British-flagged Bayesian superyacht when it sank during bad weather early Monday.

Italian Coast Guard officials have yet to release the identities of the recovered bodies.

Lynch, a British tech titan, was apparently aboard the Bayesian to celebrate his recent acquittal in a U.S. fraud case with associates who helped him through the trial.

ITALIAN DIVERS FIND 5 MORE BODIES, 1 STILL MISSING AFTER SUPERYACHT DISASTER SURVIVOR'S OMINOUS TEXT MESSAGE

Mike Lynch

Mike Lynch was acquitted in a U.S. fraud case in June. (Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images, File)

Included among the six missing people were Lynch, his 18-year-old daughter Hannah, Christopher Morvillo, an American lawyer with Clifford Chance who defended Lynch in the fraud case, and Morgan Stanley International chairman Jonathan Bloomer, who testified in Lynch’s defense. 

Christopher and Neda Morvillo

Americans Neda Morvillo and Chris Morvillo were believed to be among the missing when the Bayesian superyach sank off the coast of Sicily early Monday. (Patrick McMullan/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images, File)

Morvillo’s wife, Neda, and Bloomer’s wife, Judy, were also among the missing.

Divers have been searching for the missing in the hull of the Bayesian, which now rests on the seabed 164 feet underwater. Though the sixth person, whom officials said is a woman, remains missing, the operation is considered a recovery since there have been no signs of life over three days of searching.

  • Italian firefighter divers

    Italian firefighter divers bring ashore in a plastic bag the body of one of the victims in Porticello, Sicily, southern Italy, on Thursday. (AP Photo/Salvatore Cavalli)

  • Scuba divers study a map of yacht

    Scuba divers study a map of the sailing yacht Bayesian at the Porticello harbor on Tuesday. (Italian Firefighters via AP, HO)

  • scuba divers on the scene jumping into water

    Scuba divers on the scene of the search for the missing boat in Porticello, southern Italy, on Tuesday. (Italian Firefighters via AP, HO)

WHO IS MIKE LYNCH, THE BRITISH TECH ENTREPRENEUR MISSING AFTER YACHT SANK?

Ten crew members and 12 passengers, including British, American and Canadian nationals were onboard when a waterspout was believed to have struck and capsized the vessel sometime around 5 a.m. Monday near the port of Porticello, where it was anchored, officials have said.

A nearby sailboat rescued 15 people, including a 1-year-old girl. The body of onboard chef Recaldo Thomas, an Antiguan citizen, was recovered Monday.

Recaldo Thomas

The body of Recaldo Thomas, the chef aboard the Bayesian, was recovered Monday. (Recaldo Thomas/via Reuters)

Investigators are seeking to learn why the superyacht sank so quickly.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Authored by Stephen Sorace via FoxNews August 22nd 2024