A luxury yacht carrying more than 20 people sank during a violent storm Monday off the coast of Sicily. One person is confirmed dead and several others, including Americans, are missing. NBC’s Kelly Cobiella reports for TODAY.
Divers found two bodies Wednesday inside a superyacht that sank in a violent storm off Sicily, a source familiar with rescue operations told NBC News. It is unclear whose bodies were found, but the discovery follows a dayslong search in the deep seas off the Italian coast where British tech tycoon Mike Lynch and five others were believed trapped in the luxury sailboat’s hull.
The Bayesian is owned by a firm linked to Lynch’s wife, Angela Bacares, who was among the survivors rescued by a nearby vessel after getting into a lifeboat. Built by Italian shipbuilder Perini Navi in 2008, the U.K.-registered yacht could carry 12 guests and a crew of up to 10, according to online specialist boating sites. Its nearly 250-foot mast is the tallest aluminum sailing mast in the world, according to CharterWorld Luxury Yacht Charters. Regularly described in U.K.
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