Italy, A luxury boat capsized in a fierce storm off the coast of Italy's Sicily late Monday night. One person on board the plane has died, while 6 people are missing. Among the missing are British tech giant Mike Lynch and his daughter.
According to reports, a total of 15 people on board, including Lynch's wife, were rescued, eight of whom have been hospitalized. The Italian Coast Guard said in a statement that the British-flagged “Bayesian,” a 56-meter-long (184-foot) sailboat, was carrying 22 people. were Meanwhile the boat was lying on the shore near the port of Porticello.
Meanwhile, there was a terrible storm in the sea and the boat sank. Eyewitnesses said the boat disappeared under the waves. Fifteen people survived the sinking, including Lynch's wife, Angela Baccares, who owned the boat, and a one-year-old girl.
The names of the dead and missing were not immediately released, but a person familiar with the rescue operation confirmed that Lynch and her 18-year-old daughter, Hannah, had not been found. According to Italian media, the dead man was a cook on board the boat.
Those missing include British, American and Canadian nationals. A rescue operation has been launched to find him.
Survivors said Lynch planned the trip for his co-workers. Missing Lynch was acquitted in a major US fraud trial in June. Let us tell you that 59-year-old Lynch is one of Britain's most famous technology entrepreneurs.
He started Autonomy, the country's largest software firm, with his groundbreaking research at Cambridge University. He is known as Bill Gates of Britain.
He sold the company to India in 2011 for INR 11 billion. However, in the meantime, the American tech giant accused him of fraud. He was extradited from Britain to the United States to face trial on criminal charges.
A jury in San Francisco acquitted him in June, after which he spent more than a year under effective house arrest.SS1MS
