Superyacht that sank with the British technological tycoon Mike Lynch on board recovered by rescue teams

A luxury supery with British flag that Sicily sank Last year, killing United Kingdom Technological Magnate Mike Lynch And six others resurfaced on Saturday when rescue recovery teams finished the complex operation to take it to the ground for greater investigation.

The white upper part and the Bayesian Blue Helmet of 184 feet was visible on the surface, but it was not yet away from the sea in a waiting area of ​​a yellow floating crane barge.

“Pumping sea water will continue and it will be the time of lunch, after a series of lifting and rest procedures to satisfy the rescue team, before Bayesian is completely and finally out of the water,” said David Wilson, spokesman for TMC Maritime, who is carrying out the recovery operation.

The local coast guard said that the elevation operation is expected to be completed early in the afternoon and will be followed by some technical tests in the helmet. On Sunday, the boat will be transported to the Sicilian port of Termini Imerese, where it will be available for researchers to determine the cause of the sinking.

The Bayesian sank on August 19, Porticello, near Palermo, During a violent storm As Lynch was treating friends for a cruise to celebrate his acquittal two months before in the United States. For fraud charges. Lynch, Your daughter And another five died. Fifteen people survived, including the captain and all crew members, except the chef. A survivor reported holding his 1 -year -old son above the waves.

Italian authorities are carrying out a Complete criminal investigation.

TMC Maritime said that the container has risen slowly from the seabed, 165 feet down, in the last three days to allow the straws, slings and steel lifting harnesses to ensure under the keel. The depth of the wreck requires special precautions. It is much deeper than most recreational divers are certified. A diver died during an previous operation To try to lift the ship. Immediately after the sinking, the recovery equipment could only remain for shifts of 12 minutes. Specialized cave divers were used to help Look for remains.

Eight steel lifting straps are being used to support the vertical helmet and be part of a steel wire lifting system that began to raise the water container on Saturday. While getting up, seawater pumps off the helmet.

TMC Maritime said the ship will remain vertically, outside the water, for controls and preparations for its final trip.

The floating platform of the crane will move the Bayesian to Termini Imerese, where a special steel crib is waiting for him.

Bayesian lacks his mast of 236 feet, which was cut and left at the seabed for his future extraction. The mast had to be separated to allow the helmet to take to an almost straight position that would allow the ship to rise.

British researchers said in a provisional report issued last month that the yacht was demolished by an “extreme wind” and that he could not recover.

The report says that Bayesian had chosen the site where he sank as a refuge for prognosis electric storms. The wind speeds exceeded the 70 knots, or 81 miles per hour, at the time of sinking and “violently” the vessel demolished at an angle of 90 degrees in less than 15 seconds.

Karsten Borner, Sir Robert Baden Powell’s captain who rescued the 15 survivors who managed to enter a lifeboat, saying He was close enough to see Bayesian when the storm entered.

“A moment later, she left,” he said.

Lynch, who sold Autonomy, a software manufacturer founded in 1996, Hewlett-Packard for $ 11 billion in 2011, had been acquitted for fraud charges in June 2024 by a jury of the Federal Court in San Francisco.

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