British tech magnate Mike Lynch and five other people were missing after their luxury superyacht sank during a freak storm off Sicily.
Nicole WinfieldMembers of the coast guard have rescued 15 passengers, but six are still missing, according to the coast guard and a local port authority.A 183-foot sailboat carrying 22 people sank early on Monday off the coast of the Italian island of Sicily following stormy weather in the area, killing at least one passenger, according to Italian officials.
It had a crew of 10 people and 12 passengers, the Italian coast guard said. A sudden fierce storm had battered the area overnight, and struck the place precisely where the 56-meter British-flagged Bayesian had been moored."They were in the wrong place at the wrong time," said Cocina, noting that another superyacht nearby wasn't as badly damaged and was able to help rescue some of the 15 survivors, who included Lynch's wife Angela Bacares.
Rescue crews located the vessel and deep-water police divers were trying to access the hull, Cari said. The operations, which were visible from shore, involved helicopters and rescue boats from the coast guard, fire rescue and civil protection service. Dutch foreign ministry spokesperson Casper Soetekouw said the lone Dutch citizen on board, a man, had been rescued and was not in a life-threatening condition.
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