Details of the incident

Sicily was hit by severe storms on Sunday night, with Brolo, a small town outside Palermo, receiving 10 centimetres (4 inches) of rain in just four hours. The weather forecast had warned of severe storms and strong winds, but it appears Perini Navi Bayesian passengers were not taking the warnings seriously enough.

The large yacht was reportedly anchored 300 meters off the Porticello harbor near Palermo, Sicily. It is 56 meters long, which is a lot, so you can imagine how powerful the storm would be to sink such a ship.

Perini Navi Bayesian yacht: video

According to Italian authorities, Divers discovered the yacht itself at a depth of about 50 metresHelicopter crews continue to search for missing passengers. According to information agencies, there were also foreign tourists on board, mostly British, but also a New Zealander, an Irishman and an American. A small child under the age of 1 was also rescued with his mother, while another child is among the missing.

The Independent reported that the casualties include: Mike Lynch, British tech entrepreneurLynch was represented by Chris Morvillo of British law firm Clifford Chance and Jonathan Bloomer of Morgan Stanley. Lynch’s wife, Angela Bacares, was also among the 15 people rescued.

The captain of the ship, anchored near Bayes, told CNN that the storm was so strong that he had to start his engines to avoid a collision.

There was a strong wind this morning and we had to run the engine to keep the ship in a heel. After the storm was over we noticed that the ship behind us had disappeared.
he said.

Who is Mike Lynch?

• Lynch is the founder of Autonomy Corporation and Invoke Capital, and the co-founder of cybersecurity firm Darktrace.
• After completing his PhD and MSc at the University of Cambridge, he applied his machine learning research to found software companies and became a leading figure in the technology world.

Lynch sold Autonomy Corporation for $11 billion in 2011, and then-buyer Hewlett-Packard accused him of “accounting irregularities” that distorted the value of the business by artificially inflating it. Lynch in June 2024 acquitted of fraudAccording to media, the businessman invited his lawyers and friends to celebrate his latest court victory.