A pair of bodies have been found in the capsized Bayesian superyacht rescue operation.
Rescue divers pulled two people out of the water on Wednesday but their identities are as yet unknown.
A desperate search was launched for six individuals missing from the yacht Bayesian, which capsized on Monday amidst stormy weather. This group includes British tech tycoon Mike Lynch and his daughter.
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Specialist cave divers kept up their efforts on Tuesday evening, braving the deep to scour the submerged remains of the vessel. They’re holding onto the slim chance of discovering the remaining passengers, including entrepreneur Lynch and his teenage daughter Hannah, possibly shielded by life-saving air pockets in the belly of the yacht now lying around 165ft below sea level, reports the Mirror.
Rescue teams are battling a “world of objects” that’s hampering their efforts to reach rooms in a sunken vessel, with divers having a mere ten-minute window to scour the area before needing air.
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Tech tycoon Mr Lynch, who launched Autonomy back in 1996 and bagged an OBE for his services to enterprise in 2006, was recently cleared of pulling off a colossal fraud during an $11 billion (£8.64 billion) deal with Hewlett Packard.
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