British tech mogul Mike Lynch’s yacht sank off the coast of Italy on Monday
Divers have found two bodies inside of the Bayesian yacht which sank off the coast of Sicily earlier this week.
The Bayesian was carrying 22 people – 12 passengers and 10 crew – at the time of its capsizing due to a reported waterspout tornado.
15 of those were rescued, while others remain missing, which include technology tycoon Mike Lynch; his 18-year-old daughter Hannah; Morgan Stanley International bank chairman Jonathan Bloomer; his wife, Judy Bloomer; Clifford Chance lawyer Chris Morvillo; and his wife, Neda Morvillo.
According to the BBC, two bodies have been confirmed to have been found, the head of Sicily’s civil protection agency, Salvatore Cocina, has confirmed.
Divers have been attempting to find those missing. (Alberto Pizzoli via Getty Images)
However, there has been no official identification from Italian authorities.
A body recovered at the scene of the sinking on Monday was identified as Canadian-Antiguan national Recaldo Thomas, who’d been employed as a chef on the yacht.
Gareth Williams, a friend of the chef, told the BBC: “I can talk for everyone that knew him when I say he was a well-loved, kind human being with a calm spirit.”
Meanwhile, another friend, Eli Fuller, told the broadcaster Thomas was ‘friends with everybody’, ‘always positive’ and ‘sought-after’ in his profession area.
Vincenzo Zagarola, of the Italian Coastguard, previously said the six missing tourists were feared dead.
The tourists have been feared dead. (Alberto Pizzoli via Getty Images)
He told the PA news agency: “We think they are still inside the boat, that is our very hard idea.
“Of course, we do not exclude that they are not inside the boat, but we know the boat sank quickly.
“We suppose that the six people missing may not have had time to get out of the boat.”
Lynch, one of those onboard, has been dubbed by many over the years as the ‘British Bill Gates’.
The 59-year-old was cleared by a US jury of all charges in a high-profile fraud case in relation to the sale of his software company.
Lynch was cleared of 15 counts of fraud which he faced after Silicon Valley giant Hewlett-Packard purchased his company Autonomy for $11.1 billion in 2011.
The charges brought against him were those of fraud and conspiracy, as the Californian company claimed he had schemed to inflate the company’s value before it was sold.
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