Body of last missing person, UK tech mogul’s daughter, retrieved from yacht wreck
- The source did not identify the body as belonging to 18-year-old Hannah Lynch, but she was the only person still unaccounted for
Italian divers have retrieved the body of British tech magnate Mike Lynch’s 18-year-old daughter, Hannah, who was the last person still unaccounted for after the family’s luxury yacht sank this week off Sicily.
Seven people, including Lynch himself, died when the 56-metre-long (184-foot) sail boat, the Bayesian, capsized during a fierce, pre-dawn storm on Monday off Porticello, near Palermo. Fifteen people survived, including Lynch’s wife and the yacht’s captain.
Lynch’s family is devastated and in shock, a spokesperson for the family said on Friday, in their first public comments since the yacht sank.
“Their thoughts are with everyone affected by the tragedy. They would like to sincerely thank the Italian coastguard, emergency services and all those who helped in the rescue,” the statement said.
“Their one request now is that their privacy be respected at this time of unspeakable grief.”
Prosecutors in the nearby town of Termini Imerese are looking into possible human error that might have led to the disaster. As of yet, nobody has been placed under formal investigation and none of the survivors have commented publicly.
