Authorities in Sicily intensified their search for six people still missing after a superyacht sank off the coast of Sicily in a violent storm. Two Americans are among the missing, as is a British tech executive. Fifteen others were rescued and one was found dead. NBC News' Steve Patterson reports.
PORTICELLO, Sicily — Divers searching for six missing people from a superyacht which sank off the coast of Sicily told NBC News Wednesday that debris inside the vessel as well as its depth were making their job difficult. As hopes of finding anyone alive dwindled, the divers said that they had managed to force open one of the Bayesian’s access doors but access to the cabins where people could be trapped was being hampered by detritus.
Italy's coast guard also said Tuesday divers were also using a remotely-operated underwater vehicle to aid in the search. The Bayesian is owned by a firm linked to Lynch’s wife, Angela Bacares, who was one of the 15 people rescued Monday after it capsized near Sicily’s main city of Palermo in what Italian officials called a “violent storm.” Built by Italian shipbuilder Perini Navi in 2008, the U.K.
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