Divers have discovered the body of the final person missing from the superyacht that sank off Sicily, the Italian Coastguard has told reporters.
Hannah Lynch, 18, the daughter of British tycoon Mike Lynch, was the only person still unaccounted for.
Mr Lynch was lost along with his daughter, Morgan Stanley International bank chair Jonathan Bloomer, his wife Judy, Clifford Chance lawyer Chris Morvillo and his wife Neda when the yacht sank around 5am local time on Monday.
Five bodies have been brought to shore in the small fishing village of Porticello.
Of the 22 passengers and crew on board the boat 15, including Mr Lynch’s wife Angela Bacares, were rescued after escaping on to a lifeboat.
The body of Recaldo Thomas, a Canadian-Antiguan chef working on the superyacht, was recovered from the scene on Monday.
Efforts to recover body of final missing person ‘in progress’
Efforts to recover the body of the final person missing from the sunken superyacht are “in progress”, the head of Sicily’s civil protection agency, Salvatore Cocina, has said.
The daughter of British tycoon Mike Lynch, 18-year-old Hannah, was the only person who remained unaccounted for.
Several boats carrying divers left Porticello shortly after midday local time, heading to the site of the sinking off the coast of Sicily.
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