3 h. ago Operation to recover Mike Lynch’s superyacht suspended after diver dies

Work to raise the Bayesian is put on hold as investigators seek to establish the cause of the 39-year-old Dutchman’s deathRecovery operations to raise the late tech tycoon Mike Lynch’s superyacht Bayesian from the seabed off Sicily have been suspended after a diver died during underwater work.Rob Cornelis Maria Huijben, a 39-year-old Dutch diver, died on Friday while doing preparation work to cut the ship’s mainmast. He was employed by the maritime company Hebo, whose barge arrived last week in Porticello, a fishing port near Palermo. The luxury vessel was anchored just off Porticello when it was struck shortly before dawn by a violent storm on 19 August 2024. It sank within seconds, killing seven people, including Lynch and his daughter Hannah. Continue reading...

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20 h. ago Diver dies during salvage operation to recover Mike Lynch’s superyacht

Dutchman, 39, had been working underwater in Sicily during operations to raise British tech tycoon’s vesselA diver who was working on preliminary operations to raise the late tech tycoon Mike Lynch’s sunken superyacht, Bayesian, has died during underwater work in Sicily.The 39-year-old Dutch diver died on Friday while working underwater in preparation to cut the ship’s mainmast. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Experts seen starting £20million operation to raise the doomed Bayesian almost a year after superyacht tragedy

The vessel sank in a freak storm off the fishing village of Porticello, Sicily, last August, killing seven - including billionaire tech tycoon Mike Lynch, 59, and his daughter Hannah, 18.

Economics

6 d. ago £20m operation to raise doomed tycoon Mike Lynch's superyacht begins

The yacht sank in a freak storm off the fishing village of Porticello, Sicily, last August, killing seven, including British billionaire tech tycoon Mike Lynch, 59, and his daughter Hannah, 18.

Economics

7 d. ago Racked with survivor's guilt, billionaire Mike Lynch's wife and daughter now face losing even more including their family home

A carpet of spring bluebells has sprung up around Loudham Hall, the 2,300-acre estate, once the home of British tech tycoon Mike Lynch, in Pettistree, Suffolk.

Society

1 week ago £20million salvage operation underway to raise tech tycoon Mike Lynch's doomed superyacht from seabed with giant floating crane

Entrepreneur Mr Lynch, 59, and daughter Hannah, 18 (both top right), were among seven people who drowned when the Bayesian sank off the coast of Porticello, near Palermo.

Economics

3 w. ago Tech tycoon Mike Lynch's doomed superyacht is set to be raised from Sicilian seabed next month

The 184ft Bayesian sank in August last year after she was hit by a freak storm. Mr Lynch, 59, and his 18-year-old daughter Hannah were among the victims

Politics

3 w. ago Sunken superyacht Bayesian due to be raised from seabed next month, inquest told

Billionaire entrepreneur Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter Hannah were among seven people who died when the vessel sank off the coast of Sicily.

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