The recovery of superyacht off Sicily is suspended after a diver dies
- Work to raise the Bayesian superyacht, which sank off Sicily in August 2024, was suspended after a diver died underwater.
- The suspension followed the death of a 39-year-old Dutch diver during salvage operations, while prosecutors opened an investigation.
- The 56-meter luxury yacht sank rapidly after a severe storm near Porticello, killing Mike Lynch, his daughter, and five others onboard.
- TMC Marine announced that work has been halted to enable the investigations to run their course and to give all salvage personnel and related teams time to grieve the death of a respected salvage diver.
- The suspension halts recovery efforts 49 meters underwater and allows authorities to investigate the sinking, which may involve manslaughter charges.
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Recovery of 'unsinkable' superyacht off Sicily suspended after diver dies
ROME — The recovery of a superyacht that sank last year off the Sicilian coast was temporarily halted Saturday following the death of a specialist diver while working underwater, the company overseeing the operation said.


Recovery of tech mogul’s sunken yacht in Italy suspended after diver’s death
ROME, May 10 — Work to raise a superyacht that sank in Sicily last year, killing a UK tech mogul and six others, was suspended today after the death of a specialised diver, according to local news reports. The diver was part of a team working to raise the 56-metre “Bayesian” yacht that was struck by a pre-dawn storm in August last year while anchored off Porticello, near Palermo. The yacht sunk within minutes after being struck by something akin…
Recovery of sunken yacht in Italy suspended after diver's death
Work to raise a superyacht that sank off Sicily's coast last year, killing UK tech mogul Mike Lynch and six others, was suspended on Saturday after the death of a specialised diver, according to local news reports.
Recovery of Mike Lynch's sunken superyacht Bayesian halted after diver dies
THE recovery of Mike Lynch’s superyacht has been halted after a specialist diver died on the operation. Brit tech tycoon Lynch drowned along with his daughter Hannah, 18, and five others died when the Bayesian sank in a storm off the Sicilian coast last August. ReutersThe scene at the port near where the diver died[/caption] EPAA specialist diver examining the Bayesian’s wreckage[/caption] EPAThe Bayesian sank in August last year[/caption] And n…
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