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Rescue divers smash through hull of doomed Bayesian yacht — but still unable to reach cabins
By Katherine Donlevy,
8 hours ago
Rescue divers smashed through the windows of the sunken Bayesian Tuesday, entering the hull — but were still unable to reach the ship’s cabins where six missing passengers may be located.
The firefighter team managed to enter the body of the yacht after using jacks to break the 1¹/₄-inch-thick glass, Giornale Di Sicilia reported.
The rescuers reached the common areas of the 184-foot luxury vessel, but have not yet made it to the cabins — where British tech tycoon Mike Lynch and five others could be hiding out and clinging to air pockets, according to one expert.
Divers entered the hull of the Bayesian in hopes of finding the six lost passengers. @vigilidelfuoco/X The firefighter team managed to enter the body of the yacht after using jacks to break the 3-centimeter glass, Giornale Di Sicilia reported. IPA/INSTARimages
The Italian coast guard previously said the passengers’ chances of survival are slim, but not impossible.
If there are survivors using pockets of trapped air inside the boat, they would only be able to continue living for another three days, experts said.
The Bayesian capsized with 22 people aboard off the port of Porticello, Sicily after it was suddenly struck by a freak storm around sunrise Monday morning, officials said.
The boat was carrying a crew of 10 people and 12 passengers when it sank — 15 managed to escape before the superyacht went down.
The ship’s Canadian-born chef Thomas Recaldo marks the only confirmed death in the tragedy.
A life raft is docked at the harbor of Porticello, southern Italy, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. AP Because of the depth, divers can only stay underwater for 12 minutes at a time. @vigilidelfuoco/X
Officials believe Lynch — a 59-year-old billionaire known as the “British Bill Gates” — and his 18-year-old daughter Hannah are trapped in the wreckage.
Morgan Stanley International chairman Jonathan Bloomer, his wife, Judy, as well as top New York City lawyer Christopher Morvillo and his wife, Nina, are also among those still unaccounted for.
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