Italian firefighters recovered the body of British tech tycoon Mike Lynch’s daughter mid-Friday, the last person to go missing from a yacht that sank off Sicily on Monday in which seven people, including the billionaire, died.
12 passengers, some of them Canadians, and ten crew members were on board.
Photo: Reuters/Igor Betiks
After the first body was found on Monday, that of the chef on board, three men and three women went missing after a violent storm swept them off the coast of Porticello near Palermo in Italy early Monday. .
The body of Mike Lynch, 59, was recovered on Thursday. This rich businessman, nickname British Bill Gates
He celebrated his acquittal in June in a US fraud trial with his friends, collaborators and lawyers.
His daughter Hannah, 18, has passed her final exams and won a place at Oxford University to study English literature, British media reported.
She is easy to love: honest, dedicated, very intelligent and a true sweetheart. I will always remember her smile
Katya Lewis, Hannah’s friend, responded in a family press release.
Mike is the brightest mind and most caring person I know. His passion for life, knowledge and everyone around him was an inspiration to everyone he met
His role was answered by longtime friend and colleague Andrew Kanter.
The Lynch family is devastated and in shock. […] Their only request is that their privacy be respected in this time of unspeakable grief
A family spokesman said.
Among the victims was Jonathan Bloomer, chairman of the board of directors Morgan Stanley International – a branch of Bank of America – and insurer Hiscox, as well as his wife, Judy, and Chris Morvillo, a defense attorney for Mike Lynch in his trial with his wife, Neda, in the United States.
Office Clifford ChanceChris Morvillo paid tribute to the attorney and his wife Friday at his place of work Heartbroken by this tragic loss
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Jonathan Bloomer and his wife Judy An incredible human being and an inspiration to many
Their families said in a statement Thursday. After five decades together, our only consolation is that they are still together today
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It sank within minutes
The 56-meter luxury yacht sank within minutes after a sudden storm struck early Monday morning. 15 people including six passengers were rescued.
The speed at which the boat sank and the fact that other boats around it were not affected raise questions, including whether the weighted keel that resists the massive mast was lowered or raised during the storm.
Bayesian, a 56-metre boat, was caught in strong winds and heavy rain. (archive photo)
Photo: Reuters / Baia Santa Nicolichia / Fabio Law
Chief of Naval Staff Italian Maritime GroupThe owner of the Perini Navi shipyard that built the Bayesian pointed to human error.
All that happened revealed a long series of errors. Passengers should not be in cabins and the ship should not be at anchor
In this weather, Giovanni Costantino said in an interview on Thursday Corriere della Sera.
Bayesian, owned by his Lynch family, had a 75-meter mast, the tallest aluminum mast in the world, according to Bayesian’s website. Charter World.
The delicate and complex process of bringing it to the surface cost about 15 million euros (23 million Canadian dollars). Six to eight weeks
According to the official who led the rescue operation of the Costa Concordia cruise ship that sank off the coast of Italy in 2012.
To recover the boat, the mast can be removed from the seabed and the entire boat can be lifted using a giant crane and a team of 40 specialist divers, South Africa’s Nick Sloan told the daily. Republic of La.
