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
  • @[email protected]
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    5828 days ago

    I mean, there’s also a bunch of staff on those yachts who didn’t deserve to be eaten by orcas.

    • modifier
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      1528 days ago

      Plus at least some environmental damage that results from any boat sinking.

      • @redhorsejacket
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        628 days ago

        I have it on good authority that that isn’t an issue in this instance. They’ve towed the boat outside of the environment.

    • @[email protected]
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      27 days ago

      The BBC are reporting that all staff were rescued except for the cook whose body has been recovered for what it’s worth.