Rescue teams handling emergency operations after a luxury sailing ship sank in northern Sicily earlier this week found bodies on Wednesday. five of the six people who are still missing.

Rescuers initially found two bodies trapped between two mattresses in the hut. Later, after several hours, Divers recovered the bodies of three more people. The fifth body is already inside the crash site.

The head of Sicily’s Civil Protection Agency, Salvatore Cocina, confirmed the news to the BBC. Authorities have begun transferring the remains to the Rotoli cemetery for an autopsy.

Initial identification tasks have confirmed that the British tycoon was among the rescued bodies. Mike Lynch, known as the “British Bill Gates”, Morgan Stanley International President Jonathan Bloomer and lawyer Chris Morvillo.

The transfer of the woman’s body to the port has also been confirmed. presumably Lynch’s daughter.

Lynch’s wife and boat owner Angela Bacares is one of 15 people who survived the tragedy, according to the AdnKronos news agency.

The yacht that sank off the coast of Palermo The depth is almost 50 metersmaking it difficult for divers to work. On Wednesday, local authorities used a naval drone to carry out the task of searching for missing persons.