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Italian prosecutors widen probe into superyacht that sank off Sicily to 2 more crew members

Aug. 30, 2024 09:58 AM EDT

ROME (AP) — Italian prosecutors have put under investigation two more crew members of the Bayesian, the superyacht that sank off Sicily last week, killing seven people, their lawyer said on Friday. The move widens the probe into the tragic shipwreck, for which the ship’s captain,...

Captain of superyacht that sank off Sicily declines to respond to prosecutor questions, lawyer says

Aug. 28, 2024 05:07 AM EDT

ROME (AP) — The captain of a superyacht that sank during a storm off Sicily last week, killing seven people, decided not to respond to prosecutors’ questions Tuesday, his lawyer said. James Cutfield, a 51-year-old New Zealand national, is under investigation for possible...

Prosecutors are investigating the captain of superyacht that sank off Sicily

Aug. 26, 2024 22:38 PM EDT

ROME (AP) — Prosecutors in Italy are investigating the captain of a superyacht that sank during a storm off Sicily last week, killing seven people, on possible charges including manslaughter, his lawyer said Monday. James Cutfield, the 51-year-old New Zealand national who was...

Italian prosecutors open shipwreck and manslaughter investigation into superyacht sinking

Aug. 24, 2024 13:25 PM EDT

ROME (AP) — Prosecutors in Italy said Saturday they have opened an investigation into culpable shipwreck and multiple manslaughter after a superyacht capsized during a storm off the coast of Sicily, killing seven people onboard. They included British tech magnate Mike Lynch and his daughter. ...

A seventh body is recovered from sunken superyacht off Sicily, believed to be Mike Lynch's daughter

Aug. 23, 2024 11:37 AM EDT

ROME (AP) — Italian rescuers on Friday brought ashore the last of seven bodies from a superyacht that sunk off the coast of Sicily, the Coast Guard said. It is believed to be that of the daughter of British tech magnate Mike Lynch, who also perished when the boat sank earlier this week. ...

Body of final missing woman from sunken superyacht found in wreckage off coast of Sicily, coast guard says

Aug. 23, 2024 06:35 AM EDT
PORTICELLO, Italy (AP) — Body of final missing woman from sunken superyacht found in wreckage off coast of Sicily, coast guard says.

Body of British tech magnate Mike Lynch is among those recovered from yacht wreckage, officials say

Aug. 22, 2024 20:57 PM EDT

PORTICELLO, Sicily (AP) — The Italian coast guard said Thursday the body of British tech magnate Mike Lynch is among those recovered off the coast of Sicily from the wreckage of a superyacht whose builders had called unsinkable. One woman remains missing. She has not been...

Who is Mike Lynch? A look at the British tech tycoon killed when his yacht sank off Sicily

Aug. 22, 2024 10:34 AM EDT

Tech tycoon Mike Lynch, who died after his yacht sank off Sicily, had been trying to move past a Silicon Valley debacle that had tarnished his legacy as an icon of British ingenuity. Lynch, 59, struck gold when he sold Autonomy, a software maker he founded in 1996, to Hewlett-Packard...

Divers recover 5 bodies from wrecked superyacht off Sicily; 1 still missing

Aug. 21, 2024 18:35 PM EDT

PORTICELLO, Sicily (AP) — Divers searching the wreck of a superyacht that sank off Sicily found the bodies of five passengers Wednesday, leaving one still missing as questions intensified about why the vessel sank so quickly when a nearby sailboat remained largely unscathed. Rescue...

Divers searching sunken superyacht wreckage have found at least two bodies, according to Sicily civil protection chief

Aug. 21, 2024 11:03 AM EDT
PORTICELLO, Sicily (AP) — Divers searching sunken superyacht wreckage have found at least two bodies, according to Sicily civil protection chief.