Divers have recovered the remains of the last person reported missing in the Superyacht Bayesian sank early Monday A body has been found off the coast of Sicily, the island’s Civil Protection Director Salvo Cocina told CBS News on Friday. The body has been brought to shore but has not been formally identified.
It is believed to be Hannah Lynch, a British woman. Tech mogul Mike LynchThe 18-year-old girl, according to Italian media.
Mike Lynch’s Body was recovered on Thursday from inside the sunken ship, which was resting on the seabed at a depth of more than 160 feet, at a 90-degree angle, making salvage efforts complicated and dangerous.
Shortly after the 184-foot luxury yacht sank, the body of the ship’s cook was recovered from the water near the wreck. Divers managed to recover four more bodies from Bayesian Wednesday.
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With the recovery of the body on Friday, the total number of victims rises to seven, which includes all those who were on board the boat owned by Mike Lynch’s wife, Angela Bacares.
Fifteen people survived the sinking, including Bacares. The survivors were found on a life raft by the captain of a boat anchored nearby.
Prosecutors have been interviewing survivors and witnesses to determine what caused the luxury superyacht, equipped with state-of-the-art safety equipment, to sink in what witnesses say was a storm in a matter of minutes.
