LONDON: The British-flagged luxurious yacht The Bayesian capsized early on Monday (Aug 19) off the coast of southern Sicily with 22 folks aboard.
Here is what is understood in regards to the 12 passengers and 10 crew members, believed to have hailed from Canada, France, Eire, Myanmar, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, the UK and america.
THE MISSING
British tech tycoon Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter Hannah Lynch are amongst these unaccounted for, in accordance with Italy’s Civil Safety Company.
Lynch, as soon as dubbed the British “Invoice Gates”, based software program agency Autonomy within the Nineteen Nineties however its US$11 billion sale to Hewlett-Packard in 2011 noticed him face fraud prices within the US.
A jury in San Francisco acquitted the 59-year-old and a co-defendant of all prices in June.
It’s understood he organised the yacht journey as a post-trial celebration for household, in addition to a few of his legal professionals and workers.
His lacking daughter was set to check English at Oxford College after ending college this 12 months, The Instances reported.
Jonathan Bloomer, the 70-year-old British chairman of Morgan Stanley Worldwide, and his spouse Judy, a charity trustee, are also among those missing, UK insurer Hiscox stated on Tuesday.
