Jonathan Bloomer is one of the six people missing after Monday's disaster, Sicily's Civil Protection says.
Morgan Stanley International bank chairman Jonathan Bloomer and Clifford Chance lawyer Chris Morvillo are among the six people missing after a luxury yacht sank in a storm off Sicily on Monday, Sicily's Civil Protection told the BBC.
The yacht capsized at about 5:00 local time after a heavy storm caused waterspouts, or rotating columns of air. The wreckage lies on the seabed at a depth of 50m, and divers are preparing to resume their search for the missing.Mike Lynch, one of the missing passengers, is known by some as "the British Bill Gates".
The sinking of the yacht came on the same day that Mr Lynch's co-defendant in the fraud case, Stephen Chamberlain, was confirmed by his lawyer as having died after being hit by a car in Cambridgeshire on Saturday.The Bayesian's registered owner is listed as Revtom Ltd. The superyacht can accommodate up to 12 guests in six suites.
She told Italian newspaper La Repubblica her family survived because they were on deck when the yacht sank.
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