Prosecutors Probe Sinking of Bayesian Luxury Yacht, Reports Say
The Italian Coast Guard at the site of the sunk yacht, on Aug. 19.
Photographer: Italian Coast Guard/AP Photo
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Italian authorities are investigating how a luxury yacht was sunk by a violent storm off the coast of Sicily, leaving six people missing including UK tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch.
Prosecutors in Sicily opened a probe into the sinking of the yacht — named the Bayesian — and have spoken at length to a skipper who was on board, Italian media reported on Tuesday. They believe the most likely explanation is that the Bayesian’s mast snapped during an extraordinary bout of bad weather.