Search operations for the final person missing from the wreck of the superyacht continue, Italy’s fire and rescue service has said.
It tweeted to say sea dives had resumed and added that “the long and delicate search operations for the last missing person continue”.
The service shared pictures of rescue workers on boats preparing to dive.
Coastguard hopes for progress today
The Italian coastguard hopes there will be progress today in the search for Hannah Lynch.
Asked if any developments were expected, spokesman Vincenzo Zagarola replied: “We trust.”
Ms Lynch is the last tourist unaccounted for after six bodies were recovered since the sinking of the Bayesian on Monday.
Prosecutors will hold press conference tomorrow
Prosecutors in the town of Termini Imerese, Sicily, near where the Bayesian superyacht went down, are scheduled to hold a press conference tomorrow morning.
Earlier, we reported that investigators from the local public prosecutor’s office are gathering evidence for a potential criminal investigation into the sinking of the yacht.
Search for tycoon’s daughter has not been ‘easy or quick’, coastguard says
The search for British tycoon Mike Lynch’s daughter Hannah has not been “easy or quick” a spokesperson for the Italian Coastguard has said.
Vincenzo Zagarola compared the sunken superyacht to an “18-storey building full of water”.
“From the first moment it has not been easy or quick to inspect the boat,” he told the PA news agency.
“Think of an 18-storey building full of water.”
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