Now the only person being sought is his 18-year-old daughter. A total of seven people died in the accident on Monday, including two married couples who were friends with Lynch.
The tech entrepreneur was often referred to as the “British Bill Gates” in his home country when referring to the founder of Microsoft. Lynch sold the software company Autonomy to Hewlett-Packard in 2011 for eleven billion US dollars (currently almost ten billion euros) – one of the worst takeover debacles in Silicon Valley. Lynch and former financial manager Steve Chamberlain are said to have deceived the US company about the state of their company. However, a jury acquitted the two. Chamberlain was fatally hit by a car while jogging a few days ago. The 59-year-old billionaire wanted to celebrate his acquittal in court with the sailing trip.
In addition to Lynch, the fatalities include Jonathan Bloomer, a high-ranking manager at the investment bank Morgan Stanley International, his wife Anne Elizabeth, the lawyer Chris Morvillo and his wife Nada. The body of the ship’s cook was found on Monday.
Divers involved in search operation
Divers who had already recovered victims from the Costa Concordia cruise ship that sank off the Italian island of Giglio in 2012 took part in the search. A total of 27 divers were involved in the search. The “Bayesian” is lying on its side at a depth of 50 meters, which made the search difficult. Numerous obstacles blocked their way and the narrow spaces hindered them.
In the accident off the coast of Sicily, 15 people were rescued on Monday morning, eight of them were taken to hospital. Among them was a British family with a young daughter. The 56-meter-long ship with 22 people on board sank at around 5 a.m. off Porticello near Palermo after a violent storm. It is suspected that the yacht was hit by a monster wave and was not stable enough in the water. It is said that it sank within 60 seconds. There is speculation that a hatch was left open or that the keel on the hull, which can be used to regulate the ship’s draft, was incorrectly adjusted.
On board the “Bayesian”, which was sailing under the British flag, there were mainly British nationals, a New Zealander, a man from Sri Lanka, two Anglo-Frenchmen and an Irishman. Fire service divers rescued a one-year-old boy, who was taken to the children’s hospital in Palermo, and a little girl.
