Article 6XE3Y ‘That damned night’: Porticello awaits the truth about Bayesian sinking

‘That damned night’: Porticello awaits the truth about Bayesian sinking

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Lorenzo Tondo in Porticello. Photos by Alessio Mam
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The Sicilian fishing village is watching the salvage of Mike Lynch's superyacht for answers to the causes of the tragedy

Some say that the late tech tycoon Mike Lynch's superyacht, Bayesian, sank because it was vulnerable to high winds that drove the vessel past its point of stability. Others insist that a chain of human errors led to the incident that claimed seven lives, including Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter, Hannah.

But in the quiet Sicilian fishing village of Porticello - where on 19 August 2024 the Bayesian was caught shortly before dawn in a violent storm while anchored off coast - everyone knows the truth lies 50 metres below the surface, in the wreckage of a yacht that divers, floating cranes and underwater drones are still struggling to bring back from the depths of the ocean.

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