Now all that remains in the wreck is the body of a woman.
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Divers recovered the body of a fifth missing person after British tech mogul Mike Lynch’s superyacht sank off Sicily on Monday, the coastguard told AFP, confirming the death of Lynch himself, the coastguard added. One last passenger is still being sought.
In total, the toll of the shipwreck BayesianMonday morning, is now six dead and one missing. The body of a first crew member had in fact been found on Monday, while three men and three women were missing.
On Wednesday, specialized divers working with an underwater robot had brought up four bodies from the wreck of the sailboat, lying at a depth of 50 meters, 700 meters from the port of Porticello. The ship had sank within minutes after a tornado struck Monday morning. Fifteen passengers were rescued.