Police have scaled back the search for a prominent Sydney businessman who's been missing since a boat crash at Watsons Bay. The tech entrepreneur Andrew Findlay is presumed to have drowned in Sydney harbour.
Category
📺
TVTranscript
00:00 Three days into the search for missing father Andrew Finlay, all hope of finding him alive
00:07 has been lost.
00:08 The time frame for survival for anyone in the water, taking into account the temperatures
00:13 at the moment in July have lapsed.
00:17 The 51-year-old tech entrepreneur was out fishing with his long-time friend, top Sydney
00:22 art dealer Tim Klingender on Thursday morning, when their boat suddenly crashed into rocks
00:27 in high seas and capsized, throwing both men into the water.
00:32 Mr Klingender's body was found shortly after, while Mr Finlay has not been found.
00:38 Police say their deaths could have been prevented.
00:41 Life jackets save lives.
00:43 Both men failed to have a life jacket on.
00:46 I'm sorry to say that those lives are lost.
00:49 The two Sydney men were both prominent figures in their fields.
00:53 Among those paying tribute to Mr Klingender today was Australian icon Magda Zabanski,
00:59 who tweeted that she greatly admired his incredible work promoting Indigenous art and offered
01:04 her deepest condolences to his friends and family.
01:08 Both families are struggling to comprehend their loss.
01:12 They're in shock.
01:13 A lot of shock, a lot of sadness because they understand that this is an avoidable accident.
01:18 Police had five marine search boats scaling the water yesterday.
01:22 Today they've been forced to scale it back to three vessels as high seas hampered their
01:27 efforts.
01:28 We will continue tomorrow or until marine air command asks us to cease looking, but
01:34 yeah, we'll go for a few days.
01:37 Police divers will resume their recovery mission when conditions improve.
01:41 [BLANK_AUDIO]