Bodies found on yacht identified, with Mike Lynch’s daughter still missing

The five people found dead in the wreck of the Bayesian superyacht have reportedly been identified, but Mike Lynch’s daughter is still missing.

The five people found dead in the wreck of the Bayesian superyacht have reportedly been identified including British billionaire businessman Mike Lynch.

Morgan Stanley chief Jonathan Bloomer, his wife Judy, lawyer Chris Morvillo and his wife Neda are the remaining four confirmed dead.

Mike’s daughter Hannah, 18, is still missing after the Italian coastguard confirmed the five identities, Sky News reports.

Mike Lynch, Jonathan Bloomer, lawyer Chris Morvillo and his wife Neda are among the dead.

The business tycoon was recovered on Friday morning local time from the wreck, a source close to the operation told Reuters.

A team of divers recovered Mike, 59, from the boat as day four of the rescue efforts resumed, the civil protection authority previously told Sky.

Four of the missing six - now thought to be the two couples - were recovered on Wednesday, with divers locating the fifth before calling off the search in the evening.

Pictures showed rescuers lifting the body, believed to be Mike, from a boat into Porticello

Harbour at around 8.45am local time.

Divers of the Vigili del Fuoco, the Italian Corps. of Firefighters arrive in Porticello harbour near Palermo, with a body bag. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)

Mike Lynch’s daughter Hannah is still missing. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)

Fifteen of the 22 on-board were rescued when the luxury yacht capsized and sank in a storm around 5am on Monday morning off the coast of Sicily.

The yacht chef - Recaldo Thomas - was later found dead near the boat.

Two of those recovered yesterday were initially feared to be Mike and Hannah, Sicily’s civil protection chief Salvo Cocina told The Telegraph.

But Italian outlet Giornale Di Sicilia reported that the four bodies recovered yesterday were Jonathan Bloomer and his wife Judy and Chris Morvillo and his wife Neda.

The yacht chef - Recaldo Thomas - was found dead near the boat.

Sicily civil protection director-general Salvo Cocina told The Telegraph after the bodies were found: “On behalf of myself and my colleagues, I would like to express my deepest sympathy to the families of the victims and express our condolences to them at this difficult time.”

The ultra-luxurious yacht plunged beneath waves in the early hours of Monday after being hammered by a rare “Black Swan” waterspout - a freak twister-like event.

Lynch’s wife - Angela Bacares, 57 - was one of those who managed to escape in a tiny life raft as the vessel capsized and was dragged down in a storm.

Italian officials have launched an investigation, as have the UK’s Marine Accident Investigation Branch, into how the superyacht sank.

According to witnesses, the 246ft tall mast was battered by a waterspout - a twister-like cloud of air formed by extreme storms - toppling the boat and causing it to capsize.

Maritime experts agreed the yacht may have been sunk by a freak “Black Swan” waterspout which would have appeared without warning.

Captain of the doomed yacht James Cutfield, 51, was grilled by cops for over two hours after divers discovered the boat’s keel was raised - a structural backbone of the boat which could have affected its stability during the storm.

Rescuers deployed an underwater drone robot to assist in the search mission on Wednesday with pictures showing divers operating it from a boat on the surface.

It can remain underwater for up to seven hours at a depth of 300m, recording helpful images and video.

Although the 184ft yacht is lying “practically intact” on its side at the bottom of the sea, rescuers have been struggling to get inside.

Some 164ft down, the rotating team of divers face a time crunch as they only have 10 minutes to search each time they go down.

Diver Marco Tilotta also said there was a “world of objects” including furniture and debris obstructing the narrow stairs in front of the cabins in the wreck.

-With The Sun