Mike Lynch and Teenage Daughter Feared Dead In Superyacht Sinking

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In this gripping video, we delve into the heartbreaking story of Mike Lynch and his teenage daughter, who are feared dead following the tragic sinking of their superyacht. Join us as we explore the details of this devastating event, including the search efforts and the impact on their family. Stay tuned for the latest updates and insights on this unfolding tragedy.

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00:00A British tech tycoon and his 18-year-old daughter were feared dead on Monday after

00:04his Supriyaq was struck by a tornado.

00:07Mike Lynch, 59, and his teenage daughter Hannah are among seven passengers and crew thought

00:13to have been killed after his £30 million yacht sank half a mile off the coast of Sicily

00:17in the early hours of Monday morning.

00:20They were on a trip to celebrate his acquittal in a fraud trial.

00:23The Italian coast guard has recovered one body with six people still to be found in

00:28the wreckage of the Bayesian, now 165 feet underwater on the seabed.

00:33A tornado over water, known as a waterspout, had struck the 184 feet yacht with 22 people

00:39on board as it moored overnight off Portocello, a fishing village 10 miles east of Palermo.

00:45Mr Lynch, dubbed Britain's Bill Gates, had been acquitted of fraud in a San Francisco

00:50courtroom in June, having been found not guilty on all counts of inflating the value of autonomy.

00:56The company he sold to the US tech giant Hewlett-Packard in 2011 for £8.6 billion.

01:02In a rare interview following his acquittal, Mr Lynch, who had been forced to spend 13

01:06months in the Asunder House arrest after being extradited from the UK in May last year, said,

01:12''Now you have a second life.''

01:14The question is, what do you want to do with it?

01:17Guests had been invited on board to celebrate his court victory, including at least one

01:21member of his legal team from the city law firm Clifford Chance as well as colleagues

01:25at the London Investment Fund in Vote Capital, which he runs.

01:29Mr Lynch's family were also on the yacht, including his wife, Angela Becares, 57, who

01:35survived the disaster but was left using a wheelchair after suffering lacerations to

01:40her feet when the yacht sank.

01:42According to La Repubblica, Ms Becares told doctors that at 4am the boat had tilted and

01:47she and her husband had woken up.

01:49The newspaper reported, ''At first they were not worried but then there was a scene of

01:53confusion as glass shattered and everything slipped.''

01:56The couple's daughter Hannah, who is among those missing, had just won a place at the

02:00University of Oxford to read English.

02:03Jonathan Bloomer, the chairman of Morgan Stanley International, was also confirmed among the

02:07missing by Italian authorities, according to the Times.

02:11Mr Bloomer is a close friend of Mr Lynch and gave evidence at his trial, where he claimed

02:16his friend wasn't particularly interested in the finance side of the business.

02:20The Bayesian, named after the mathematical theory Mr Lynch had used to make his fortune,

02:26is one of the 50 largest sailing yachts in the world.

02:29Its 237ft aluminum mast was the tallest of its kind when it was built in 2008.

02:35Questions are now being raised about how it managed to sink.

02:39It has been suggested that the heavy mast may have made the yacht unstable when the

02:43tornado struck.

02:44A weather warning had been in place for four days beforehand.

02:48The body of the yacht's chef, named locally as Ricardo Thomas, was recovered from the

02:52water the other crew members have all been accounted for.

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