Maximum tension in Sicily: 1 dead, 6 missing after luxury yacht capsizes | Tycoon Mike Lynch was on board

One person died, six people went missing and 15 people were rescued early this Monday morning shipwreck A British-flagged luxury yacht in Porticello on the Italian island of Sicily.

According to some witnesses, the sailboat was in the open sea – albeit close to port – when A hurricane broke the mainmastThis would have caused Boat imbalanceIt capsized and sank.

The 56 meter long and 11 meter wide luxury yacht was carrying 10 crew members and 12 tourists.

Of the total number of persons traveling in it, 15 people were rescued A nearby pleasure boat came to their aid.

After the rescue, the castaways They were brought ashore by four Coast Guard vessels. Among them was a mother with her one-year-old daughter, who were transferred to the Palermo Children’s Hospital for examination, while her father was admitted to another institution in the Sicilian capital.

Local media also reported that five of the rescued passengers were treated at an outpatient health facility.

Meanwhile, Firefighters found a body inside the hullIt was 49 meters deep, They also searched for 6 more people who were suspected to be trapped inside the room.

Among the missing are a crew member and British, Canadian and American tourists.

Businessman Mike Lynch

It was confirmed at the last hour One of those missing is British tech magnate Mike Lynchindicated AFP Regional Civil Defense Director, Salvo Gosina.

The The principal’s daughter, Hannah, is also missingHis wife Angela Bancares was rescued and taken to a local hospital with minor injuries.

Lynch, 59, founder of a software company Autonomy And his net worth is 500 million pounds (about 650 million dollars), according to the latest “Rich List” of the British Sunday newspaper. The Sunday Times.

In recent years, the businessman has been mainly in the news Probe in fraud case related to sale of Autonomy to US conglomerate HP 11,000 million dollars in 2011.

HP accused the company of falsifying its accounts, particularly of artificially inflating the company’s reported revenue, earnings growth and margins.

In 2023, he was extradited from the United Kingdom to the United States for trial in the case, but He was released in June after a trial in San FranciscoCalifornia.

How was the Bayesian boat

The Bayesian Yacht is a luxury yacht with a navy blue hull and light wooden deck. Built in 2008 in the Tuscany region of Italy and restored in 2020The portal reported TGCom24.

This is a The aluminum main mast is considered to be the tallest in the world75 meters. their CandlesMeanwhile, they are a An area of ​​3,000 sq. mtrs.

“Our priority is to cooperate with the ongoing search and provide all necessary support to the surviving passengers and crew,” Camper & Nicholson, the ship’s British-born owner, said in a statement.