- British tech tycoon Mike Lynch died from drowning, an inquest heard.
- Lynch and 6 others died after the superyacht Bayesian sank off the coast of Sicily in August.
Tech tycoon Mike Lynch died from drowning after the Bayesian superyacht sank off the coast of Porticello, Sicily, an inquest heard on Friday, a number of retailers reported.
Lynch, his 18-year-old daughter Hannah, and 5 others died after the vessel was caught in a heavy storm in August.
Mike Brown, a senior police officer, advised a coroner’s court docket within the UK on Friday that the provisional reason behind demise for Lynch was given as drowning, whereas his daughter’s demise was nonetheless underneath investigation.
Jonathan Bloomer, who was the chairman of Morgan Stanley International, and his spouse, Judy, additionally died after the yacht went down.
Brown stated their causes of demise have been additionally nonetheless underneath investigation.
Inquests into the 4 deaths have been adjourned till April 2025.
Italian media beforehand reported that the our bodies of Jonathan and Judy Bloomer — in addition to these of passengers Chris Morvillo and his spouse, Neda — had proven indicators that that they had been trapped inside air bubbles earlier than suffocating to demise.
Recaldo Thomas, a chef on board the yacht who additionally died throughout the incident, probably drowned, an investigative supply advised Reuters final month.
Italian authorities have stated a “downburst,” or gust of wind linked to thunderstorms, was the most probably reason behind the sinking, per BBC News.
Three crew members who have been onboard the yacht when it sank have been positioned underneath investigation by Italian authorities following the catastrophe”: Matthew Griffiths, a sailor who was on watch obligation; James Cutfield, the captain; and Tim Parker Eaton, the yacht’s engineer.
Lynch based the software program firm Autonomy in 1996 and offered it to HP for greater than $11 billion in 2011.
He was on the Bayesian with family and friends celebrating a latest acquittal in a fraud trial associated to the sale of Autonomy.
