Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 05:31am on 20 Aug 2024,Tuesday International
British tech tycoon Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter are missing after a luxury yacht sank in a tornado off Sicily. The yacht, Bayesian, sank around 5 a.m. local time near Palermo. Among the 22 people on board—10 crew and 12 passengers—one person, identified as Canadian chef Recaldo Thomas, is confirmed dead. Four other missing passengers are British, and two are American. Survivors include a British mother who saved her baby during the incident. The search for the missing continues, with authorities coordinating rescue efforts and investigating the cause of the sinking. The yacht had been on a voyage when the tornado struck.
