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Lynch and Other Bayesian Yacht Passengers Feared Dead, Coast Guard Says

  • Search receiving the help of military ships and helicopters
  • Six missing people remain unaccounted for after storm

Six guests and nine crew were rescued from the Bayesian yacht, which sank after a tornado struck the vessel near Porticello, Sicily, on Monday.

Photographer: Alessandro Fucarini/AFP/Getty Images
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After two days of search-and-rescue efforts, British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch, Morgan Stanley International chairman Jonathan Bloomer and four others were feared dead aboard the sunken wreckage of a luxury yacht off the coast of Sicily.

As rescue operations drew to a close on Tuesday, Italian coast guard spokesman Vincenzo Zagarola said: “It would be reasonable to think that we are more likely to find the missing people inside the boat.” The search, however, will continue, he said.