Four Brits among 7 missing as yacht sinks off Sicily ‘after tornado hit’
A TECH tycoon who has been dubbed 'Britain's Bill Gates' is among the four Brits missing after a superyacht sank off the coast of Sicily.Lynch was one of the 22 people sailing onboard the £166,000 a week vessel, the Telegraph reported this afternoon.Ukraine destroys 3rd bridge in Kursk as expert says it may be over for VladLynch is a serial entrepreneur having founded and sold tech and software companies. He was awarded an OBE for his services to enterprise in 2006.
Helicopters, divers, patrol boats and firefighters are all helping with the desperate search of the area. An expert team of divers have already been able to locate the vessel 160ft below the water on the seabed.Almost all of the 22 passengers and crew onboard are said to have been inside their cabins and rooms when the
A one-year-old British girl was rescued by her mother in the sea after the sinking before they were rushed to hospital. Mum Charlotte spoke about the frantic rescue, telling Giornale di Sicilia: "For two seconds I lost the baby in the sea, then I immediately hugged her again amidst the fury of the waves.5
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