Lynch’s daughter’s body has been recovered from a Sicilian yacht wreck, concluding the search mission

Hannah, the 18-year-old daughter of British tech magnate Mike Lynch, was the last individual who was still unaccounted for after the family’s luxury yacht capsized off Sicily this week. The body was recovered by Italian divers.

The Bayesian, a 56-meter (184-foot) vessel, capsized during a severe, pre-dawn storm off Porticello, near Palermo, on Monday, resulting in the deaths of seven individuals, including Lynch himself.

Lynch’s wife, the captain of the yacht, and Lynch’s corporation, which owned the Bayesian, were among the fifteen individuals who survived.

As the rescue operation concluded, the focus shifted to the official inquiry into the disaster.

Ambrogio Cartosio, the public prosecutor of Termini Imerese, is currently investigating the possibility of negligent catastrophe and multiple homicide, according to judicial sources who spoke with Reuters.

The coast guard has conducted inquiries regarding the captain James Cutfield and the other survivors on behalf of the prosecution. The manner in which the vessel capsized has not been publicly addressed by any of them.

To date, no one has been subjected to a formal investigation.

On Saturday, Cartosio is scheduled to conduct a press conference.

Divers who had been investigating the submerged vessel for the previous five days discovered Hannah Lynch’s body on Friday. The body of the sole crew member who perished, aboard chef Recaldo Thomas, was discovered on Monday, while the five other deceased passengers were recovered on Wednesday and Thursday.

“The Lynch family is in shock and is being comforted and supported by family and friends,” a spokesperson for the family stated on Friday, in their first public statement since the yacht sank.

“They are thinking of all those who have been impacted by the tragedy.” The statement expressed their sincere gratitude to the Italian coastguard, emergency services, and all those who assisted in the rescue.

According to the fire brigade, their crew of over 40 specialists has conducted 123 dives to the Bayesian wreck, which is reportedly lying on its side at a depth of 50 meters (164 feet).

Naval marine specialists have been perplexed by the sinking, as they contend that a vessel such as the Bayesian, which was constructed by the Italian high-end yacht manufacturer Perini, should have been able to withstand the storm and, in any case, it should not have sunk as rapidly as it did.

SALVAGE OPERATION THAT IS COMPLEX

Giovanni Costantino, CEO of The Italian Sea Group (TISGR.MI), which owns Perini, informed Reuters that the catastrophe was the result of a series of “indescribable, unreasonable errors” committed by the crew. He also ruled out any design or construction malfunctions.

Investigators may be able to ascertain the cause of the incident by retrieving the Bayesian from the sea; however, the operation is anticipated to be challenging and expensive.

In Italian media interviews on Friday, Nick Sloane, a South African engineer who oversaw the operation to salvage the Costa Concordia cruise liner that collapsed in 2012, stated that the operation would incur a cost of up to 15 million euros ($16.7 million).

He informed La Repubblica, a daily newspaper, that the yacht’s salvaging would require six to eight weeks, including preparation work, and must be finalized by mid-October. He did not provide any explanation for the scheduling.

He stated that the yacht will need to be brought to the surface at a “very, very slow pace” and may require a few days.

In June, Lynch, 59, was one of the most prominent tech entrepreneurs in the United Kingdom. He had extended an invitation to his friends to join him on the yacht to commemorate his acquittal in a U.S. fraud trial.

Chris Morvillo, Lynch’s attorney, and Jonathan Bloomer, a Morgan Stanley financier who had served as a character witness in the case on Lynch’s behalf, were also killed in the accident.

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