Five more bodies found after luxury yacht sank

Five more bodies found after luxury yacht sank

August 21, 2024 – 14:07

The number of missing people has now dropped to just one person. The victims have not yet been identified.

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Behind him luxury yacht sinking in Italyrescue teams The bodies of five people were recoveredwhich increases the figure to six dead. Meanwhile, the number of missing people has now risen to one person.

The ship “Bayesian” sank on Monday near the port of Porticello due to a waterspout. At the time of the accident, 22 people were on board the ship: 12 were passengers and 10 were crew members.

Following the meteorological phenomenon, the yacht sank in minutes and 15 people were rescued. Meanwhile, the four bodies recently found are still were not identified.

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The body of the first confirmed deceased was found in the wreck of the sailboat.

The body of the first confirmed deceased was found in the wreck of the sailboat.

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Six people missing after the shipwreck in Italy

Since the shipwreck, the six missing people are Mike Lynch, his daughter HannahChairman of the Board of Directors of Morgan Stanley International, Jonathan Bloomer, his wife, one of Lynch’s lawyers, Chris Morvillo, and his wife.

The captain Vincenzo Zagarolaa coast guard official, referred to the possibilities that the missing people could be found alive and, in radio statements, said that it was “hard to imagine.”

The meteorological phenomenon caused the sinking of the luxury yacht

According to media reports, the yacht sank after passing through a waterspout, a phenomenon that has been increasingly observed in Europe in recent years. “This morning at around 05:00 (03:00 GMT), after a violent storm“A 56-metre sailing vessel, named ‘Bayesian’ and flying the British flag, sank off Porticello,” the Italian coastguard said in a statement.

This type of boat has a aluminum main mast considered the highest in the world, at 75 meters. According to witnesses, the storm would have broken the characteristic element and this would have caused the boat to become unbalanced and cause the shipwreck.

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