Search resumes in Sicily yacht sinking with finance boss among missing

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PORTICELLO, Italy — Specialist divers on Tuesday launched a fresh search for six people, including UK tech tycoon Mike Lynch and the chairman of Morgan Stanley International, missing since their yacht capsized off the Italian island of Sicily.

The British-flagged Bayesian, which had 22 people aboard including 10 crew, was anchored some 700 meters from port before dawn Monday when it was struck by a waterspout, a sort of mini tornado.Fifteen people aboard, including a mother with a one-year-old baby, were plucked to safety; one man has been found dead; and six people remain missing.On Tuesday, three divers strapped on oxygen bottles and began their descent to the wreck, some 50 meters below the sea surface.

Mast 'snapped'Just a few hours later, the seas were calm as divers recovered a body, reported to be the yacht's chef.They also spotted a body inside the sunken vessel, a source close to the recovery operation said.The Bayesian was a superyacht built by the Italian shipbuilding firm Perini Navi in 2008 which boasted a 75-meter mast, the tallest aluminum sailing mast in the world, according to the Charter World website.

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