Rescuers Find Remaining Missing Aboard the Sunken ‘Bayesian’ Superyacht

The underwater search of the 180-foot Bayesian removed six bodies from the interior of the yacht, following its sudden sinking near the Sicilian port of Porticello. The yacht’s owner Mike Lynch and his daughter Hannah as well as Jonathan Bloomer, chairman of Morgan Stanley International, and his wife, Judy Bloomer; and attorney Christopher J. Morvillo and his wife, Neda Morvillo, have all been identified.

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Local prosecutors have vowed to launch in-depth investigations into the tragedy, with Sky News reporting that manslaughter charges could be filed at some point.

The boat’s rapid sinking happened at about 4 a.m. local time on Monday, after a waterspout, or a small, localized tornado on the water, caused the vessel to heel over and eventually capsize, sending it about 165 feet to the bottom of the Mediterranean. Fifteen people were rescued by a nearby vessel. Authorities identified the body of Recaldo Thomas, a Canadian Antiguan, who worked as the sailing yacht’s chef.

The celebratory trip aboard Bayesian took place shortly after Lynch was acquitted of fraud charges in the U.S. in a long-running legal battle against accusations that he had defrauded Hewlett-Packard after he sold Hewlett his company, Autonomy, for $11 billion.

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Boat International has quoted a crew member as saying that the boat was struck by a freak weather event, which caused it to heel 20 degrees on its right side. It continued to heel until it began to take on water and sank in just 12 minutes. “We just didn’t see it coming,” Capt. James Calfield told Italian media.

A number of experts have speculated that water entering through the top via open hatches could have caused the sinking. Some witnesses have said that the mast snapped before the boat sank, but divers report the vessel is intact on the sea bottom.

Dario Boote, a ship structures and naval architecture professor at the University of Genoa, told paper that he expects a series of lawsuits to determine responsibility. “Clearly, only once the wreck is raised will we know more,” he told the

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