(20 Jun 2025)
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Porticello, Sicily, Italy – 20 June 2025
1. Various of barges involved in recovery operation
2. Mid of onlookers
3. Various of barge
4. Various of Porticello
5. Wide of coast guard
6. Various of barge and onlookers
STORYLINE:
The British superyacht that sank off the Italian island of Sicily last August killing seven people resurfaced for the first time Friday.
Salvage recovery crews could be seen readying the Bayesian to be hauled ashore for further investigation.
The white top and blue hull of the 56-meter (184-foot) Bayesian emerged from the depths of the sea in a holding area of a yellow floating crane barge.
The coast guard said the actual recovery was scheduled to begin Saturday morning.
The British-flagged luxury superyacht sank Aug. 19 off Porticello near Palermo during a violent storm, killing U.K. tech magnate Mike Lynch, his daughter and five others.
Fifteen people survived, including the captain and all crew members except the chef.
Italian authorities are conducting a full criminal investigation.
British investigators said in an interim report issued last month that the yacht was knocked over by “extreme wind” and couldn’t recover.
The report stated that the Bayesian had chosen the site where it sank as shelter from forecast thunderstorms.
Wind speeds exceeded 70 knots (81 mph) at the time of the sinking and “violently” knocked the vessel over to a 90-degree angle in under 15 seconds.
Lynch had been celebrating his recent acquittal on fraud charges with his family and the people who had defended him at trial.
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