Rescuers have recovered the body of the last person missing from the superyacht that sank off the Sicilian coast, believed to be 18-year-old Hannah Lynch, the daughter of British tech magnate Mike Lynch. The luxurious yacht, Bayesian, went down during a freak storm while anchored off the coast of Palermo, resulting in 15 people being rescued and six others missing. Divers found five bodies from the wreck of the ship, with Lynch being identified as one of them. The family had been celebrating Lynch’s recent acquittal on fraud charges in the U.S. with supporters who defended him at the trial. The investigation into the tragedy is now underway, with survivors’ accounts suggesting the sinking happened quickly and unexpectedly. The ship’s designer believes human error may have been a factor, and prosecutors have questioned the yacht’s captain to understand the events leading up to the incident. The local prosecutor’s office has launched an investigation, with a news conference scheduled for Saturday. Claudio Lavanga and Claudia Rizzo reported from Porticello, Yuliya Talmazan from London, and The Associated Press contributed to this story.
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Hannah Lynch’s body discovered off the coast of Sicily
