Summary
- Morgan Stanley International bank chairman Jonathan Bloomer, his wife Judy, and Clifford Chance lawyer Chris Morvillo are among those missing after a British yacht sank in Sicily
- British tech tycoon Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter Hannah are also missing
- The yacht sank in bad weather in the early hours of Monday - 15 were rescued, six are missing, and a man’s body has been recovered
- The body has not been formally identified, but the Palermo coastguard said it was the ship’s cook
- The search is continuing on Tuesday - access to the boat’s cabins has been blocked by furniture
- Separately, it has emerged that Mike Lynch’s co-defendant in a recent major legal case, Stephen Chamberlain, died on Saturday in a road accident
Now, now. Disaster is a bit excessive when all that’s been missing is some billionaires, don’t you think?
I mean, there’s also a bunch of staff on those yachts who didn’t deserve to be eaten by orcas.
Plus at least some environmental damage that results from any boat sinking.
I have it on good authority that that isn’t an issue in this instance. They’ve towed the boat outside of the environment.
The BBC are reporting that all staff were rescued except for the cook whose body has been recovered for what it’s worth.
That’s good news I guess, kind of.
Well done.
AFAIK Mike Lynch was the highest net worth individual on the yacht and Reuters says his net worth is ~$450 million so there may actually not be any missing billionaires. (The Evening Standard claims he had a net worth of £986.4 million which would make him a billionaire in USD but rich lists are often BS so I’m going off what was claimed in court)
Eh, hoping that 18 year old Hannah will be found, she probably hasn’t done anything yet.
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well and how is this very different than a car crash. people die there to but we just accept it more because its common.