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    Captain of doomed yacht that capsized off Italian coast speaks out as desperate search for survivors is carried out

    By Isabel Keane,

    7 hours ago

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    The captain of the doomed Bayesian superyacht that capsized off the coast of Italy on Monday said the crew and passengers had no idea a tornado was about to rage through the region until their ship sank.

    Captain James Catfield, who piloted the 184-foot, British-flagged luxury yacht, was among the 15 crew members and passengers to survive after the tornado struck Monday before sunrise.

    “We didn’t see it coming,” Catfield told Italian newspaper La Repubblica from the hospital, where he was limping due to an injury.

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    The captain of the doomed superyacht that sank off the coast of Italy said no one on board realized a tornado was coming. VIGILI DEL FUOCO HANDOUT/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock

    NYC lawyer bragged about thrilling acquittal in Mike Lynch fraud trial, all-night party just days before he went missing on billionaire’s superyacht

    One person, believed to be the on-ship chef, died in the wreck and six people remain missing, including British tech tycoon Mike Lynch and top New York City lawyer Christopher Morvillo .

    Morvillo’s wife, Neda, a jewelry designer, is also one of the six passengers still missing, officials said.

    In addition to the Morvillos and Lynch, the missing include Lynch’s 18-year-old daughter, Hannah, as well as Jonathan Bloomer, a chairman at Morgan Stanley Internationa l, and Bloomer’s wife, Judy.

    Mike Lynch’s wife Angela Bacares describes cutting her feet on broken glass as she fled doomed superyacht Bayesian

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    One person died and six people remain missing. Perini Navi

    Morvillo, 59, helped Lynch, the owner of the capsized luxury boat, win his fraud trial earlier this year.

    Lynch had invited guests from the legal firm that represented him, Clifford Chance, and Invoke Capital, his own company, on the voyage, according to the Telegraph .

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    The boat left the Sicilian port of Milazzo on Aug. 14 and was last tracked east of Palermo on Sunday evening, according to vessel tracking app Vesselfinder.

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    The six people unaccounted for will continue to be referred to as “missing” until they are located in the wreckage. ALBIT / SplashNews.com

    Police divers continued their search for the missing passengers Tuesday, focusing on an area some 164 feet underwater, where officials believe people may be trapped.

    The search thus far has been slow because the Bayesian sits 50 meters below the surface, where divers can only stay for 12 minutes at a time, fire rescue officials said Tuesday.

    Fire officials have said the six people unaccounted for will be referred to as “missing” until they are located in the wreckage.

    With Post wires

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