A Search & Rescue team has been conducting a full search mission in Palermo, Italy, after a tornado off the coast of Sicily sunk a luxury yacht.
Do you know more about what happened? Email [email protected]. Follow all the developments in MailOnline's live blog hereBritish tech tycoon Mike Lynch is missing along with six other tourists after his luxury superyacht was hit by a freak waterspout and sank off the coast of Sicily this morning, it has emerged.
The 35-year-old has described how she momentarily lost her daughter in the 'fury of the waves', before finding her and managing to get them both to safety. The tragedy comes just weeks after Mr Lynch was acquitted of criminal charges by a jury in San Francisco in June, vindicating the entrepreneur after a 12-year legal battle over the $11bn sale of his firm, Autonomy, to Hewlett-Packard in 2011.
But he later became embroiled in a bitter fraud lawsuit stemming from the disastrous $11billion sale of his company Autonomy to Hewlett-Packard in 2011. Some of the group are reported to have been colleagues and their family members who were on holiday together in Sicily. The Italian Coastguard said in a statement that a nearby boat offered assistance to people before emergency services arrived.
Once the storm subsided, Borner said he and his first mate noticed a flare in the water, and made their way towards it. 'It was all dark. In the water I couldn't keep my eyes open. I screamed for help but all I could hear around me was the screams of others.' The 59-year-old, who was a billionaire at the height of his wealth, has previously been dubbed Britain's Bill Gates after he made his fortune thanks to his company Autonomy
The child's father was reportedly taken to the Civic Hospital in the city, while five other people were taken to the Bagheria territorial emergency point. The boat is thought to have arrived in Porticello after a stopping in Milazzo, around 100 miles up the coast towards the Italian mainland. Divers are scouring the wreckage of the superyacht, which is 160ft underwater off the coast of SicilyEmergency and rescue services work near the scene where a sailboat sank in the early hours of Monday, off the coast of PorticelloFabio Cefalù, a fisherman who spotted the shipwrecked boat off the coast, said he called for help at 4.30 this morning.
The ship is managed by Camper and Nicholsons International. The company says it is assisting in the search efforts in Palermo.The ships managed by Camper and Nicholsons International. The company says it is assisting in the search efforts in Palermo. 'They had a personal chef who worked both on the boat and in their home. When I visited there were leftovers from their last boat trip in the fridge which he let the serving staff have.'
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