Mariani also stated that Lynch’s 18-year-old daughter, Hannah, is still missing, and divers are continuing their search in the area where the vessel went down.
EKO HOT BLOG gathered that earlier on Thursday, a fifth body was retrieved from the wreckage of the boat, which sank earlier in the week. A CNN team on-site witnessed Italian authorities transferring the body from a rescue boat to ambulances at the Sicilian port of Porticello.
The British-flagged vessel, carrying 22 passengers and crew members, sank rapidly after its mast, one of the tallest in the world, snapped in half during a violent storm. Fifteen people were rescued on Monday, and one body—believed to be that of the onboard chef Recaldo Thomas—was initially recovered. Six others were reported missing.
As investigators look into the cause of the wreck, the CEO of the company that owns the vessel’s manufacturer has suggested that a series of avoidable “mistakes” may have contributed to the sinking.
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Once the crew became aware of the impending bad weather, they should have secured the hull, closed all doors and hatches, and gathered all guests at the ship’s assembly point, Giovanni Costantino, CEO of The Italian Sea Group, told the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera.
“Instead it took on water with the guests still in the cabin. All it took was a 40-degree tilt and those in the cabin found themselves with the door above. Can you imagine a 60-70 year old man climbing out?” he said.
In a separate interview with Sky News, Costantino said vessels like the Bayesian are “safest in the most absolute sense” ought to have been “unsinkable.”
“First of all, because they have very little surface compared to a yacht facing into the wind. Second, with the structure of the drift keel, they become unsinkable bodies,” he said.
Constantino expressed his “sadness and disbelief” upon learning that the Bayesian—built in 2008 by the Italian company Perini Navi, which was acquired by The Italian Sea Group in 2021—sank early Monday morning.
The six individuals reported missing include Mike Lynch and his daughter; Morgan Stanley International director Jonathan Bloomer and his wife, Judy Bloomer; and prominent American lawyer Chris Morvillo and his wife, Neda Morvillo.
Italian authorities have not yet released the names of all those whose bodies have been recovered, likely because in Italy, a close relative must formally identify the body before a coroner or the prosecutor’s office can confirm the identity.
Mike Lynch, former CEO of Autonomy Corp., was scheduled to appear in federal court in San Francisco in March 2024 on charges of 14 counts of wire fraud, one count of securities fraud, and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
With the sinking of the Bayesian under criminal investigation, formal identifications of the victims are expected to come from the prosecutor’s office, as Italy’s civil protection agencies lack the authority to confirm identities.
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Since the yacht sank, emergency crews have faced challenging conditions to reach the wreck, which lies approximately 50 meters (around 150 feet) underwater. Divers have had only about 12 minutes to explore the site before needing to resurface.
Initial reports suggest that a small waterspout, which formed in the area where the yacht was located on Monday morning, may have contributed to the sinking.
Four days after the incident, Italian authorities are still working to understand how the 56-meter (184-foot) yacht sank so rapidly. The United Kingdom’s Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has also launched an investigation, announcing on Wednesday that it would send a team of four inspectors to Palermo to conduct a preliminary assessment of the scene.
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